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System32 Path

System32 Path

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yogesh sharma	21 Jun, 2008 - 11:23 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 21 Jun, 2008 Posts: 11	hey frnds, I know the foll one line code which is shown below-- that returns the System32 Path . ?environment.GetFolderPath (Environment.SpecialFolder.System ) "D:\WINDOWS\system32" But i want the Function that Returns the above code. Did Somebody knows that??????
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PsychoCoder	RE: System32 Path 22 Jun, 2008 - 06:27 AM Post #2
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yogesh sharma	RE: System32 Path 22 Jun, 2008 - 07:25 AM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 21 Jun, 2008 Posts: 11	Sir I already write my code as above....
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jacobjordan	RE: System32 Path 22 Jun, 2008 - 07:59 AM Post #4
class Me : Perfection Joined: 11 Jun, 2008 Posts: 1,262 Thanked: 39 times Dream Kudos: 1675 My Contributions	If your just having trouble getting the path to the system32 folder, this should do it: vb System.Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%windir%\system32")
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RE: System32 Path
25 Jun, 2008 - 06:56 AM

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If you're looking for the internal code that retrieves the System Path, you will need to disassemble the mscorlib Library File using ILDASM or Reflector to see the code.

This is a dump from Reflector:

Public Shared Function GetFolderPath(ByVal folder As SpecialFolder) As String
    If Not Enum.IsDefined(GetType(SpecialFolder), folder) Then
        Throw New ArgumentException(String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Environment.GetResourceString("Arg_EnumIllegalVal"), New Object() { CInt(folder) }))
    End If
    Dim lpszPath As New StringBuilder(260)
    Win32Native.SHGetFolderPath(IntPtr.Zero, CInt(folder), IntPtr.Zero, 0, lpszPath)
    Dim path As String = lpszPath.ToString
    New FileIOPermission(FileIOPermissionAccess.PathDiscovery, path).Demand
    Return path
End Function