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1. Introduction
2. Windoze Directory
3. System Directory
4. Temporary Directory
5. Finally...

Comments

1. Serge van den Oever [Macaw]
   23 Jul 2005 at 15:37

   When you need the Temp folder, the easy (and clean .Net way) is to use: Path.GetTempPath()

2. Thushan Fernando
   30 Aug 2003 at 04:46

   it will still work for change dpaths... i used TweakXP to try it out on a few VMs and it worked fine... as far as other languaegs go... i only get English versions of OS's from MS so i dont know what the effects are, i suppose its teh same but i aint sure... amybe someone else maybe able to tell you.
   

3. boygenius
   30 Aug 2003 at 01:26

   so if the user changes their dir from say C:\WinNT\System32\ to C:\WindowsNT\System Files\ would i still be able to get the Windows DIR and System DIR?
   

   
   also what about foreign languages?
   

4. Thushan Fernando
   04 Jul 2002 at 10:24
   hey,
   
   sorry i couldnt reply earlier, I only saw my post now!
   
   thank-you for your kind words!
   
5. MichaelMyAss
   21 Jun 2002 at 07:36

   Hey,
   

   
   I must say this is EXTREEMLY useful for a nutcase like myself!
   

   
   I infact had the exact problem you said most people have.
   

   
   Thanks alot! It really helps!
   

6. Developer Fusion Bot
   01 Jan 1999 at 00:00

   This thread is for discussions of Getting System Folders Easily via API.

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