FileSystem.CurrentDirectory Property

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Source:

FileSystem.vb

Gets or sets the current directory.

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

String

The current directory for file I/O operations.

Exceptions

DirectoryNotFoundException

The path is not valid.

UnauthorizedAccessException

The user lacks necessary permissions.

Examples

This example returns the current directory and displays it in a message box.

MsgBox(My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory)

This example sets the current directory to C:\TestDirectory.

My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory = "C:\TestDirectory"

Remarks

CurrentDirectory is a system-wide environment variable.