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Asked: 2026-05-15T04:57:59+00:00

Simple question here. I have a C# program which needs to stores some files

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Simple question here. I have a C# program which needs to stores some files onto the hard drive, but I don’t need them to be anywhere useful to the end-user, only somewhere that the program can read/write from.

Is there a directory that I can reference programmatically to be my “filespace playground” – that is, that I can read/write freely to and from?

EDIT: Also, if I use a temp directory, how long are the files guaranteed to be there? I don’t want the them to disappear while my program is still running!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use the system temporary directory which you can get with:

    string tmpDir = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();

    If you want, you can create a subfolder under there. The temp folder is great for files that you don’t care about. If you want to keep the files you can use the ApplicationData folder as Tim C and Graham Miller suggested.

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