Question

I am linking few excel and word files with my application. There is a predefined folder structure that holds all these files. i.e.

Base\Engineering\A.xlsx

Base\Sales\B.xlsx

and so on.

Now I want to link the “Base” folder with my application.

My current stupid solution is, to ask user to browse to the “Base” folder every time the application loads.

• What is the most efficient way to do this?

• In the end I want to create an installer for my application. I
  wish to use Windows “Program Files” folder to host my folder
  structure. This way users do not have to search for the “Base”
  folder. How do I do this?

I am new to VB.NET.

Answer 1

You want the All Users Application Data folder:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData)

There is also a per-User Application Data folder that you can reference. Which you need depends on what you’re doing.