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Find windows folder programmatically in c#


I am writing a program to kill and restart explorer but I don't want to hard code the location because some people install windows in different places (for example I found someone who had it installed in the d:\ drive where the C:\ drive did exist but had nothing installed on it)

I tried looking under Environment.SpecialFolder. but I don't see a "windows" option under that

What is the best way to do this?


Solution

  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/77zkk0b6.aspx

    Try these:

    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot")
    
    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir")