Practical Approach of Getting Special Folders Path in the Environment Using C#

In this blog we are going to see, How to get the path of all the Special Folders in the Environment using C#.

Step 1: Used Namespace:

using System.IO;

Step 2: Getting all the Special folders:

string[] specialPaths = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Environment.SpecialFolder));

Step 3: Iterating the Special folders to get paths of special folders:

foreach (string special in specialPaths)

Step 4: Getting the Special folder Enum by its name:

Environment.SpecialFolder specialFolder = (Environment.SpecialFolder)Enum.Parse(typeof(Environment.SpecialFolder), special);

Step 5: Path of Special Folder:

string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(specialFolder);

Step 6: Displaying the Special Folder path and Name:

Response.Write("" + special + " : " + path + " ");

Code Snippet:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

//Getting all the Special folders

string[] specialPaths = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Environment.SpecialFolder));

//Iterating the Special folders to get paths of sepcial folders

foreach (string special in specialPaths)

{

//Getting the Special folder enum by its name.

Environment.SpecialFolder specialFolder = (Environment.SpecialFolder)Enum.Parse(typeof(Environment.SpecialFolder), special);

//Path of Special Folder.

string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(specialFolder);

//Displaying the Special Folder.

Response.Write("" + special + " : " + path + " ");

}

Output of Special Folders path

Desktop : C:\Users\laja\Desktop
Programs : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Personal : C:\Users\laja\Documents
MyDocuments : C:\Users\laja\Documents
Favorites : C:\Users\laja\Favorites
Startup : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Recent : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
SendTo : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
StartMenu : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
MyMusic : C:\Users\laja\Music
MyVideos : C:\Users\laja\Videos
DesktopDirectory : C:\Users\laja\Desktop
MyComputer :
NetworkShortcuts : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts
Fonts : C:\Windows\Fonts
Templates : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
CommonStartMenu : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
CommonPrograms : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
CommonStartup : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
CommonDesktopDirectory : C:\Users\Public\Desktop
ApplicationData : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Roaming
PrinterShortcuts : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts
LocalApplicationData : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Local
InternetCache : C:\Users\laja\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary