Question

I need to list files from a remote machine’s WINDOWS directory. The programming language I am using is C# and the target OSs are Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Right now what I am doing is:

filePaths = Directory.GetFiles("\\\\" + machineName + "\\c$\\WINDOWS");

Now, there might be instances where the WINDOWS directory is installed on a drive other than “C:\”. This of course would pose problems with the above code.

Anyone got a better solution?

Also, another requirement is for me to read kb*log files (residing in the WINDOWS directory for OS < Vista). Any recommendations as to how I should implement this? I am thinking of using a StreamReader unless there is a better alternative.

TIA!

Answer 1

If you have access to the remote machine’s registry, you could read the PathName variable from the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\