Gets the fully qualified path of the system directory.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared ReadOnly Property SystemDirectory As String
Dim value As String
value = Environment.SystemDirectory
public static string SystemDirectory { get; }
public:
static property String^ SystemDirectory {
String^ get ();
}
public static function get SystemDirectory () : String
An example of the value returned is the string "C:\WinNT\System32".
The following code example displays the system directory of the computer running the code example. (The system directory is omitted from the code example output for security reasons.)
' Sample for the Environment.SystemDirectory property
Imports System
Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine()
' <-- Keep this information secure! -->
Console.WriteLine("SystemDirectory: {0}", Environment.SystemDirectory)
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample
'
'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
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
*/
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
Reference