Question

As far as I know de standard folder for Users (usually C:\Users) can be changed (e.g. C:\xzy\Users).

Is it possible to get the Users directory?

Or is there a method to get the path to the DefaultUser Directory?

I have to handle this in .NET Framework 3.5

EDIT: The other Problem is, when the application is running as a service user (e.g. System) the %userprofile% will be located somewhere in C:\Windows

Answer 1

I was doing something else when I saw something that reminded me of this question.

The data you’re looking for lives in the registry.

Read it like this:

(string)Registry.GetValue(
  @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList",
  "ProfilesDirectory","")

Your app will need sufficient privileges to read the registry.