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How can i get the path of the current user’s “Application Data” folder?
Windows XP Application Data Folder?

I have to save some settings in application data but, when i use something as "@C:\Documents ..." someone can run windous on D:\ So how to get that directory ??

Answer 1

You can use Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData); …

And there’s exaple, how you can use it:

string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);

and it returns something like C:\\Users\\UserName\\ApplicationData

and you can use Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop too so you can get to desktop of actual user…