Question

I’m using this path in my code:

“C:\Users\” + Environment.UserName + “\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Addins\”

but I don’t want it to be hardcoded. Is there a way I can get it by code, for example with the Path class?

Answer 1

I think you’re looking for Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments and Environment.GetFolderPath.

string myDocuments = Environment.GetFolderPath
    (Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
string addins = Path.Combine(myDocuments, "Visual Studio 2005", "Addins");

EDIT: Pre-.NET 4, the last line would be:

string addins = Path.Combine(Path.Combine(myDocuments, "Visual Studio 2005"),
                             "Addins");