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Environment.SystemDirectory Property

Definition

Namespace:
System
Assemblies:
netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
System.Runtime.Extensions.dll
Assembly:
mscorlib.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll
Source:
Environment.UnixOrBrowser.cs
Source:
Environment.UnixOrBrowser.cs
Source:
Environment.UnixOrBrowser.cs
Source:
Environment.UnixOrBrowser.cs
Source:
Environment.UnixOrBrowser.cs

Important

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Gets the fully qualified path of the system directory.

public:
 static property System::String ^ SystemDirectory { System::String ^ get(); };
public static string SystemDirectory { get; }
static member SystemDirectory : string
Public Shared ReadOnly Property SystemDirectory As String

Property Value

A string containing a directory path.

Examples

The following example displays the system directory of the computer that runs the code example. (The system directory is omitted from the example output for security reasons.)

// Sample for the Environment.SystemDirectory property
using System;

class Sample
{
 public static void Main()
 {
 Console.WriteLine();
// <-- Keep this information secure! -->
 Console.WriteLine("SystemDirectory: {0}", Environment.SystemDirectory);
 }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

SystemDirectory: C:\WINNT\System32
*/
// Sample for the Environment.SystemDirectory property
open System

// <-- Keep this information secure! -->
printfn $"\nSystemDirectory: {Environment.SystemDirectory}"

// This example produces the following results:
// SystemDirectory: C:\WINNT\System32
' Sample for the Environment.SystemDirectory property
Class Sample
 Public Shared Sub Main()
 Console.WriteLine()
 ' <-- Keep this information secure! -->
 Console.WriteLine("SystemDirectory: {0}", Environment.SystemDirectory)
 End Sub
End Class
'
'This example produces the following results:
'
'SystemDirectory: C:\WINNT\System32
'

Remarks

An example of the value returned is the string "C:\WINDOWS\System32".

Applies to


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