FInding the path where Visual Studio is Installed

Question

How I can find the path where Microsoft visual Studio is installed. I need to use that path in my program.

What is the function that has to be called or what other method can I use to get the path where Microsoft Visual Studio is installed?

Answer 1

Depending on the app, it's probably best to ask the user, but here's some C# code that should do the trick for VS2008.

RegistryKey regKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Setup\VS");
string vsInstallationPath = regKey.GetValue("ProductDir").ToString();
regKey.Close();