How can I get the current user directory

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Using this   Environment GetFolderPath Environment SpecialFolder ApplicationData    I get this output    C   Documents and Settings   USER   Application Data    How can I get the root directory of all users  i e     C   Documents and Settings   USER

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May be this will be a good solution  taking in account whether this is Vista Win7 or XP and without using environment variables   string path   Directory GetParent Environment GetFolderPath Environment SpecialFolder ApplicationData   FullName  if   Environment OSVersion Version Major  gt   6         path   Directory GetParent path  ToString        Though using the environment variable is much more clear

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Try   System Environment GetEnvironmentVariable  USERPROFILE      Edit   If the version of  NET you are using is 4 or above  you can use the Environment SpecialFolder enumeration   Environment GetFolderPath Environment SpecialFolder UserProfile

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env USERPROFILE    C   Documents and Settings   USER

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Messing around with environment variables or hard-coded parent folder offsets is never a good idea when there is a API to get the info you want  call SHGetSpecialFolderPath     CSIDL PROFILE

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You can get the UserProfile path with just this    Environment GetFolderPath Environment SpecialFolder UserProfile

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Try   System IO Directory GetParent Environment GetFolderPath Environment SpecialFolder ApplicationData   FullName

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Also very helpful  while investigating the Environment SpecialFolder enum  Use LINQPad or create a solution and execute this code   Enum GetValues typeof Environment SpecialFolder        Cast lt Environment SpecialFolder gt         Select specialFolder   gt  new               Name   specialFolder ToString            Path   Environment GetFolderPath specialFolder              OrderBy item   gt  item Path ToLower        This is the result on my machine   MyComputer LocalizedResources CommonOemLinks ProgramFiles            C  Program Files  x86   ProgramFilesX86         C  Program Files  x86   CommonProgramFiles      C  Program Files  x86  Common Files  CommonProgramFilesX86   C  Program Files  x86  Common Files  CommonApplicationData   C  ProgramData  CommonStartMenu         C  ProgramData Microsoft Windows Start Menu  CommonPrograms          C  ProgramData Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs  CommonAdminTools        C  ProgramData Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Administrative Tools  CommonStartup           C  ProgramData Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Startup  CommonTemplates         C  ProgramData Microsoft Windows Templates  UserProfile             C  Users fisch  LocalApplicationData    C  Users fisch AppData Local  CDBurning               C  Users fisch AppData Local Microsoft Windows Burn Burn  History                 C  Users fisch AppData Local Microsoft Windows History  InternetCache           C  Users fisch AppData Local Microsoft Windows INetCache  Cookies                 C  Users fisch AppData Local Microsoft Windows INetCookies  ApplicationData         C  Users fisch AppData Roaming  NetworkShortcuts        C  Users fisch AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Network Shortcuts  PrinterShortcuts        C  Users fisch AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Printer Shortcuts  Recent                  C  Users fisch AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Recent  SendTo                  C  Users fisch AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows SendTo  StartMenu               C  Users fisch AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu  Programs                C  Users fisch AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs  AdminTools              C  Users fisch AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Administrative Tools  Startup                 C  Users fisch AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Startup  Templates               C  Users fisch AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Templates  Desktop                 C  Users fisch Desktop  DesktopDirectory        C  Users fisch Desktop  Favorites               C  Users fisch Favorites  MyMusic                 C  Users fisch Music  MyDocuments             C  Users fisch OneDrive Documents  MyDocuments             C  Users fisch OneDrive Documents  MyPictures              C  Users fisch OneDrive Pictures  MyVideos                C  Users fisch Videos  CommonDesktopDirectory  C  Users Public Desktop  CommonDocuments         C  Users Public Documents  CommonMusic             C  Users Public Music  CommonPictures          C  Users Public Pictures  CommonVideos            C  Users Public Videos  Windows                 C  Windows  Fonts                   C  Windows Fonts  Resources               C  Windows resources  System                  C  Windows system32  SystemX86               C  Windows SysWoW64      fisch  is the first 5 letters of my last name  This is the user name assigned when signing in with a Microsoft Account

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you can use the following code   if Platform Equals  WinCE          m CurrentPath   Path GetDirectoryName Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   GetName   CodeBase     else if Platform Equals  Win32NT          m CurrentPath   Directory GetCurrentDirectory        more information see  Get Current Directory Path in both WinXP and WinCE with C

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Environment GetEnvironmentVariable  userprofile     Trying to navigate up from a named SpecialFolder is prone for problems   There are plenty of reasons that the folders won t be where you expect them - users can move them on their own  GPO can move them  folder redirection to UNC paths  etc     Using the environment variable for the userprofile should reflect any of those possible issues

[c#] How can I get the current user directory?

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