Gets the directory where the common language runtime is installed.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function GetRuntimeDirectory As String
Dim returnValue As String
returnValue = RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory()
public static string GetRuntimeDirectory()
public:
static String^ GetRuntimeDirectory()
public static function GetRuntimeDirectory() : String
Return Value
Type:
System..::.StringA string containing the path to the directory where the common language runtime is installed.
The following code example demonstrates calling the GetRuntimeDirectory method. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the RuntimeEnvironment class.
' Show the path where the CLR was loaded from.
Console.WriteLine("Runtime directory: {0}", RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory())
// Show the path where the CLR was loaded from.
Console.WriteLine("Runtime directory: {0}", RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory());
// Show the path where the CLR was loaded from.
Console::WriteLine("Runtime directory: {0}",
RuntimeEnvironment::GetRuntimeDirectory());
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