How do you determine Windows directory

[Richard L Rosenheim]

Is there a method in the .NET Framework that returns the path to just the
Windows directory?

The closest I've been able to find is System.Environment.SystemDirectory.
On my machine, it returns "C:\Windows\System32". What I'm looking for in
this case is "C:\Windows".

TIA,

Richard Rosenheim

[Angel J. Hernández M.]

Hi there... You can get what you want like this...

Aproach 1
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MsgBox(System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(" Windir"))

Aproach 2
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Dim winfolder As String =
CType(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment .SpecialFolder.System).Split("\"),
String())(0) + "\" +
CType(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment .SpecialFolder.System).Split("\"),
String())(1)

MsgBox(winfolder)

Regards,
--
Angel J. Hernández M.
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Is there a method in the .NET Framework that returns the path to just the
Windows directory?

The closest I've been able to find is System.Environment.SystemDirectory.
On my machine, it returns "C:\Windows\System32". What I'm looking for in
this case is "C:\Windows".

TIA,

Richard Rosenheim

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Richard L Rosenheim" <ri*****@rlr.com> schrieb:

Is there a method in the .NET Framework that returns the path to just the
Windows directory?

Windows directory:

'System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("WinDir ")'
'System.Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%W inDir%")'

- or -

Trick by Bill McCarthy:

'System.Environment.GetFolderPath(CType(&H24,
System.Environment.SpecialFolder))'

- or -

P/invoke on 'GetWindowsDirectory':

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[Richard L Rosenheim]

Thanks everyone -- the first approach is what I was looking for. Completely
forgot about the environment variables...

Richard Rosenheim
"Angel J. Hernández M." <an**********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi there... You can get what you want like this...

Aproach 1
********
MsgBox(System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(" Windir"))

Aproach 2
********
Dim winfolder As String =
CType(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment .SpecialFolder.System).Spl
it("\"), String())(0) + "\" +
CType(System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment .SpecialFolder.System).Spl
it("\"), String())(1)

MsgBox(winfolder)

Regards,
--
Angel J. Hernández M.
MCP - MCAD - MCSD - MCDBA
http://groups.msn.com/desarrolladoresmiranda
http://ajhsis.net
"Richard L Rosenheim" <ri*****@rlr.com> escribió en el mensaje
news:OQ**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Is there a method in the .NET Framework that returns the path to just the Windows directory?

The closest I've been able to find is System.Environment.SystemDirectory. On my machine, it returns "C:\Windows\System32". What I'm looking for in this case is "C:\Windows".

TIA,

Richard Rosenheim