tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212558652617325901.post9106393933175285240..comments2009-02-17T17:47:19.742-05:00Eric De C#http://www.blogger.com/profile/01046447681968794782noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212558652617325901.post-61613608757857390232009-02-17T16:07:00.000-05:002009-02-17T16:07:00.000-05:00I think having a hardcoded string ("%SystemRoot%") is better than relying on an undocumented method.<BR/><BR/>Alternative, you could use the native documented WinSDK method SHGetSpecialFolderPath. For example:<BR/><BR/> public static String GetWindowsDirectory()<BR/> {<BR/> const uint CSIDL_WINDOWS = 0x24;<BR/> StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();<BR/> UnsafeNativeMethods.SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, sb, CSIDL_WINDOWS, 0);<BR/> return sb.ToString();<BR/> }<BR/>//...<BR/>internal static class UnsafeNativeMethods<BR/>{<BR/> [DllImport("shell32.dll", SetLastError=true)]<BR/> public static extern int SHGetSpecialFolderPath(int hwndOwner, StringBuilder lpszPath, uint nFolder, int fCreate);<BR/>}Peter Ritchiehttp://peter.ritchie.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.com