Environment.SystemDirectory Property

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

Environment.UnixOrBrowser.cs

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

String

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 namespace System;
int 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
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".