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c#winformsapplication-settings

Environment Variable in Application Settings File

I'm trying to use an application settings property to populate a TextBox with a user's My Documents folder. I can't seem to figure out how to use the %USERPROFILE% environment variable to get at it though.

I've tried $(USERPROFILE)\My Documents for the default value of the property, but that doesn't work.

Solution

  • You can get the My Documents folder with Environment.GetFolderPath().

    using System;

string myDocuments = Environment.GetFolderPath( Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments );

    Use Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile to get the user's profile folder instead.

    MSDN link.