Application Folder Properties

[hcprogrammer]

Is there a way to change what gets returned by Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData?

For example, in my program this predefined property returns:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MyCompany\MySoftware\VersionNumber

I really do not need the version number on the end of this path. I know I could modify the path myself by truncating everything after the last '\', but I would like to see if there is a better way.

TIA for any help

 

[JohnH]

Is there a way to change what gets returned by Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData?

No, there isn't. You can use the DirectoryInfo class to get the parent folder name:

pt = New IO.DirectoryInfo(pt).Parent.Name

 

[hcprogrammer]

No, there isn't. You can use the DirectoryInfo class to get the parent folder name:

pt = New IO.DirectoryInfo(pt).Parent.Name

This is much better than what I was trying to do. I ended up with:

file_path = New IO.DirectoryInfo(Application.CommonAppDataPath).Parent.FullName

Thanks!

 

[JohnH]

Yes, that was supposed to be FullName...