System Directories

[David McCallum]

How do I programatically get the locations of the following, "Documents" and
"Public Documents" on a windows Vista system.

Also if possible, does the same return the equivalent in WIndows XP.

TIA

David McCallum

 

[Martin Stainsby]

string path =
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);

 

[Martin Stainsby]

For older versions of the .Net framework - MyDocuments
string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);

Far as I know Public Documents is just a path.
C:\Users\Public\Documents\

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

How do I programatically get the locations of the following, "Documents"
and "Public Documents" on a windows Vista system.

Also if possible, does the same return the equivalent in WIndows XP.

TIA

David McCallum

The framework does not support all the CSIDL to obtain special folder paths,
to get the "Public Documents" folder path you need to PInvoke the
SHGetFolderPath API. Here is how...

[DllImport("shfolder.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
internal static extern int SHGetFolderPath(IntPtr hwndOwner,int nFolder,
IntPtr hToken, int dwFlags, StringBuilder lpszPath);
....
StringBuilder sbPath = new StringBuilder(260);
SHGetFolderPath(IntPtr.Zero, 0x2e, IntPtr.Zero, 0, sbPath);
.....

Willy.

 

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi David,

Have you reivewed all the replies to you? Do they make sense to you? If you
still need any help, please feel free to feedback, thanks.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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