Get user AppData path from windows service by running service under local profile

Question

I have a windows application, where I have retrieved AppData using environment variable. So, it gives me following path

C:\document and settings\current user name\application data.

But, when I retrieve the AppData path from windows service using environment variable, I get the following path:

C:\windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local

So, this AppData path is different from my windows application environments variable's AppData path.

I'm running windows service under local profile. I know that, if I change service profile to run under user, then service AppData path and windows application AppData path matches, but service prompts for username and password.

My question is how to get user AppData path from service by running service under local profile without prompting for username and password?

Answer 1

Here is the Mohit shah's Answer:

I found out that is not possible to get user AppData path from windows service by running service under profile "LocalSystem". So, I used

Environment.SpecialFolder.CommomAppData

which gives me app data path C:\ProgramData, when run on windows 7 and when used same thing in windows service, it also gives the same path. I also ran the service under profile "LocalSystem", and it did not prompt me for credentials. This solved my problem.