Special Directories...Default Behavior

[JaedenRuiner]

Okay,

Well, there is of course the FileIO.SpecialDirectories shared class, whatever, and you can point it to CurrentUserApplicationData or AllUserApplicationData (maybe misspelled).
But When I grab them, guess what? They aren't the 'Application Data' Folder, they are ApplicationData\MyCompany\MyApplication\AppVersion\

How can I eradicate this behavior?

Primarily I don't want the Version involved in my AppData Folders, and second I don't really care for VB going about making folders unless I ask for them...
Case and Point, I asked for Alluser App Data and there is a folder in both the all user and the Current User App Data folders. I didn't tell VB to create either one, I just asked for the location of one, expecting to receive \Docs & Settings\All Users\Application Data

Is there a way to ask for that folder (the Root Special folder as selectable in the FolderBrowseDialog) not some VB concoction I didn't ask for?

Thanks

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

I always use:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)

I never have a need to use the AllUser's AppData path

 

[JaedenRuiner]

Crap

Found it. System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFoldier.*)

But It still Auto Created a folder structure in my Current User...can't I stop that?

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

What's the folder structure it's creating? The only folder structure that I'm seeing is what Windows (xp, 2003 and vista) creates for every user on the comp

 

[JohnH]

AllUserApplicationData is the app data path for all users of your application. \Docs & Settings\All Users\Application Data has nothing to do with your application as such.

Primarily I don't want the Version involved in my AppData Folders, and second I don't really care for VB going about making folders

That is how .Net is designed.

 

[JaedenRuiner]

Ahh.

So no matter what, when a user logged onto the computer runs my application, there will always be a created folder:

Documents And Settings\User\Application Data\MyCompany\Application\Version

And there is no way to turn that off?

*sigh*

Oh well.

Thanks Anyway

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)

returns this path:

C:\Documents and Settings\ADINTERN\Application Data

There isn't a "\MyCompany\Application\Version" in the path at all

I should also note that this is for .Net 2.0 and since .Net 3.5 is built on top of .Net 2.0, I don't see how VS 2008 would handle it differently from VS 2005 using the Environment namespace

Edit: I just tested this is VB 2008 Express and Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) returned the same path