posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 8:11 AM
by
NenoLoje
Comparing special folders returned by Environment.GetFolderPath between Windows XP and Vista
The program
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
foreach (System.Environment.SpecialFolder value in Enum.GetValues(typeof(System.Environment.SpecialFolder)))
{
Console.WriteLine(Enum.GetName(typeof(System.Environment.SpecialFolder), value) + " = " + System.Environment.GetFolderPath(value));
}
}
}
The output on Windows XP
Desktop = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Desktop
Programs = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Start Menu\Programs
Personal = D:\My Documents
Personal = D:\My Documents
Favorites = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Favorites
Startup = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Recent = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Recent
SendTo = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\SendTo
StartMenu = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Start Menu
MyMusic = D:\My Documents\My Music
DesktopDirectory = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Desktop
MyComputer =
Templates = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Templates
ApplicationData = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Application Data
LocalApplicationData = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Local Settings\Application Data
InternetCache = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
Cookies = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Cookies
History = C:\Documents and Settings\Neno\Local Settings\History
CommonApplicationData = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
System = C:\WINDOWS\system32
ProgramFiles = C:\Program Files
MyPictures = D:\My Documents\My Pictures
CommonProgramFiles = C:\Program Files\Common Files
The output on Windows Vista
Desktop = C:\Users\Neno\Desktop
Programs = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Personal = C:\Users\Neno\Documents
Personal = C:\Users\Neno\Documents
Favorites = C:\Users\Neno\Favorites
Startup = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Recent = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
SendTo = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
StartMenu = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
MyMusic = C:\Users\Neno\Music
DesktopDirectory = C:\Users\Neno\Desktop
MyComputer =
Templates = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
ApplicationData = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming
LocalApplicationData = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Local
InternetCache = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
Cookies = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
History = C:\Users\Neno\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
CommonApplicationData = C:\ProgramData
System = C:\Windows\system32
ProgramFiles = C:\Program Files
MyPictures = C:\Users\Neno\Pictures
CommonProgramFiles = C:\Program Files\Common Files
Note: On the Window XP machine the My Documents folder was moved to drive D.