Question

I have weird problem.

I`m using windows 7 enterprise sp1 64 bit.

I need to take Program files and Program files X86 directories path for my project. This is what I’ve done:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles);
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86);

but both of these lines returns Program files X86 folder.

How can I resolve it?

Answer 1

The result depends on what platform is your project targeting. If you target x86, then both Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles and Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86 will return the same path.

For example to get the actual path as a string use

string programFiles = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86);