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KnownFolders.RemovableDevices | removableDevices property

Gets the removable devices folder.

Syntax


var removableDevices = Windows.Storage.KnownFolders.removableDevices;

Property value

Type: StorageFolder

The removable devices folder.

Remarks

Note Your application must use the File Type Association declaration in the manifest to explicitly declare what file types (extensions) will be accessed in the removable devices folder.

This folder corresponds to the Removable Devices section in My Computer and includes such devices as USB flash drives and external hard drives.

You can enumerate files and folders in this location, but when you create a query, the shapes you can specify with CommonFileQuery and CommonFolderQuery are limited to the defaultQuery, orderByName, and orderBySearchRank values.

Windows Phone 8

This API is not implemented and will throw an exception if called.

Requirements