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Asked: 2026-05-28T15:29:20+00:00

If I press the start button and search shell:SavedGames it brings me right to

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If I press the start button and search “shell:SavedGames” it brings me right to a folder that seems to exist to contain game saves. There are many other folders that seem to be a default location for some kinds of data that can be found with the shell: command. Is there a standard way to access these folders programmatically?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Are you talking about the Special Folders?

    Console.WriteLine("GetFolderPath: {0}", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.System));

    Thanks to Cody’s comment for this other link:

    Downloads folder: not special enough? and also PInvoke SHGetKnownFolderPath which has a list of Guids as well

    You’d want to use PInvoke with the GUIDs from

    MSDN – KNOWNFOLDERID

    FOLDERID_SavedGames

GUID{4C5C32FF-BB9D-43b0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4}
Display Name: Saved Games
Folder Type: PERUSER
Default Path: %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games
CSIDL Equivalent: None, new in Windows Vista
Legacy Display Name: Not applicable
Legacy Default PathNot applicable

    There is also a (semi old now) Library from Microsoft called Vista Bridge

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