Provides information about, and means to manipulate, the current environment and platform. This class cannot be inherited.

The following tables list the members exposed by the Environment type.

 Public Properties

	Name	Description
	CommandLine	Gets the command line for this process.
	CurrentDirectory	Gets or sets the fully qualified path of the current directory; that is, the directory from which this process starts.
	ExitCode	Gets or sets the exit code of the process.
	HasShutdownStarted	Gets a value indicating whether the common language runtime is shutting down or the current application domain is unloading.
	MachineName	Gets the NetBIOS name of this local computer.
	NewLine	Gets the newline string defined for this environment.
	OSVersion	Gets an OperatingSystem object that contains the current platform identifier and version number.
	ProcessorCount	Gets the number of processors on the current machine.
	StackTrace	Gets current stack trace information.
	SystemDirectory	Gets the fully qualified path of the system directory.
	TickCount	Gets the number of milliseconds elapsed since the system started.
	UserDomainName	Gets the network domain name associated with the current user.
	UserInteractive	Gets a value indicating whether the current process is running in user interactive mode.
	UserName	Gets the user name of the person who started the current thread.
	Version	Gets a Version object that describes the major, minor, build, and revision numbers of the common language runtime.
	WorkingSet	Gets the amount of physical memory mapped to the process context.

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 Public Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal. (Inherited from Object.)
	Exit	Terminates this process and gives the underlying operating system the specified exit code.
	ExpandEnvironmentVariables	Replaces the name of each environment variable embedded in the specified string with the string equivalent of the value of the variable, then returns the resulting string.
	FailFast	Terminates a process but does not execute any active try-finally blocks or finalizers.
	GetCommandLineArgs	Returns a string array containing the command-line arguments for the current process.
	GetEnvironmentVariable	Overloaded. Retrieves the value of an environment variable.
	GetEnvironmentVariables	Overloaded. Retrieves all environment variable names and their values.
	GetFolderPath	Gets the path to the system special folder identified by the specified enumeration.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. GetHashCode is suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetLogicalDrives	Returns an array of string containing the names of the logical drives on the current computer.
	GetResourceString
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	ReferenceEquals	Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	SetEnvironmentVariable	Overloaded. Creates, modifies, or deletes an environment variable.
	ToString	Returns a String that represents the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)

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 See Also

Reference

Environment Class
System Namespace