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 GetRuntimeDirectory Method
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

Other versions are also available for the following:
.NET Framework Class Library
RuntimeEnvironment..::.GetRuntimeDirectory Method

Gets the directory where the common language runtime is installed.

Namespace:  System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function GetRuntimeDirectory As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory()
C#
public static string GetRuntimeDirectory()
Visual C++
public:
static String^ GetRuntimeDirectory()
JScript
public static function GetRuntimeDirectory() : String

Return Value

Type: System..::.String
A 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.

Visual Basic
' Show the path where the CLR was loaded from.
Console.WriteLine("Runtime directory: {0}", RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory())
C#
// Show the path where the CLR was loaded from.
Console.WriteLine("Runtime directory: {0}", RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory());
Visual C++
// 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
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