Wrong path returned by Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationFolder) under IIS6 WebService

Question

On my test machine running (Windows XP, IIS5.1) the following code executed within a C# .NET WebService (.SVC) under a custom process identity (using machine.config to speci

Answer 1

Yes. it's not a bug. Under which user is running the app pool??

Let's split this a little:

The Test Machine uses IIS to host the service or the built-in web server? If you use the built-in web server, it runs under your user. If you use IIS, which one is the pool user?

If it is Network Service or Local System, the process runs under the context of one of those users, and indeed, the call to:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) 

is OK.

You should change the user of the pool (and recycle the pool) to see the change.