Environment.CurrentDirectory Property

public:
 static property System::String ^ CurrentDirectory { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public static string CurrentDirectory { get; set; }

static member CurrentDirectory : string with get, set

Public Shared Property CurrentDirectory As String

Property Value

The directory path.

Exceptions

Examples

The following example demonstrates setting the CurrentDirectory property.

using System;
using System.IO;

public class Example
{
 public static void Main()
 {
 if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
 {
 // Change the directory to %WINDIR%
 Environment.CurrentDirectory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir");
 DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(".");

 Console.WriteLine("Directory Info: " + info.FullName);
 }
 else
 {
 Console.WriteLine("This example runs on Windows only.");
 }
 }
}
// The example displays output like the following on a .NET implementation running on Windows:
// Directory Info: C:\windows
// The example displays the following output on a .NET implementation on Unix-based systems:
// This example runs on Windows only.

open System
open System.IO

if Environment.OSVersion.Platform = PlatformID.Win32NT then
 // Change the directory to %WINDIR%
 Environment.CurrentDirectory <- Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable "windir"
 
 let info = DirectoryInfo "."

 printfn $"Directory Info: {info.FullName}"
else
 printfn "This example runs on Windows only."
// The example displays output like the following on a .NET implementation running on Windows:
// Directory Info: C:\windows
// The example displays the following output on a .NET implementation on Unix-based systems:
// This example runs on Windows only.

Imports System.IO

Module Example
 Public Sub Main()
 If Environment.OSVersion.Platform = PlatformID.Win32NT Then
 ' Change the directory to %WINDIR%
 Environment.CurrentDirectory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir")
 Dim info As New DirectoryInfo(".")
 Console.WriteLine("Directory Info: " + info.FullName)
 Else
 Console.WriteLine("This example runs on Windows only.")
 End If
 End Sub
End Module
' The example displays output like the following on a .NET implementation running on Windows:
' Directory Info: C:\windows
' The example displays the following output on a .NET implementation on Unix-based systems:
' This example runs on Windows only.

Remarks

By definition, if this process starts in the root directory of a local or network drive, the value of this property is the drive name followed by a trailing slash (for example, "C:\"). If this process starts in a subdirectory, the value of this property is the drive and subdirectory path, without a trailing slash (for example, "C:\mySubDirectory").