How to find the windows folder and other special folders.

Posted Date: 30 Apr 2006	Resource Type: Articles	Category: .NET Framework
Author: Tony John	Member Level: Diamond
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Many developers assume windows path will be C:\\Winnt and hardcode this path in code.

It need not be true in all cases. Also, the windows path varies by operating system. So, it is a good idea to programmatically find the windows path instead of assuming it.

Here is the code to find the windows root path:


Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot")

Alternatively, you can access another environment variable to find the windows directory.


Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir")

The above calls will return the correct windows path for any windows operating system.

You can use the above approach to find various other special folders including users default folder, program file folder etc.

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