How to reference the C:\Users\Public directory programmatically in C#

Question

Is it safe to programmatically reference the public folder through:

Directory = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(\"public\")+\"MyCompanyName\" // et         


        

Answer 1

You can get all these %wildcard% literals by looking into

Windows->Start-->regedit-->

Then, you perform

using System;
string path2Downloads = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(@"%USERPROFILE%\Downloads");

string path2Music = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(@"%USERPROFILE%\Music");

... and, so on .... and to test:

using System.IO;

string[] files = { "" };
if (Directory.Exists(path2Music)) {
    files = Directory.GetFiles(path2Music);
}