My.Computer.FileSystem Object Members

The My.Computer.FileSystem Object provides properties and methods for working with drives, files, and directories.

Properties

Property	Description
CurrentDirectory	Gets the current directory.
Drives	Gets information about drives.
SpecialDirectories	Returns the My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories Object, which can be used to access special directories, such as Temp or MyDocuments.

Method	Description
CombinePath	Returns a properly formatted combined path as a String.
CopyDirectory	Copies a directory.
CopyFile	Copies a file.
CreateDirectory	Creates a directory.
DeleteDirectory	Deletes a directory.
DeleteFile	Deletes a file.
DirectoryExists	Returns a Boolean indicating whether a directory exists.
FileExists	Returns a Boolean indicating whether a file exists.
My.Computer.FileSystem.FindInFiles Method	Returns a read-only collection of strings representing the names of files containing the specified text.
GetDirectories	Returns a String collection representing the path names of subdirectories within a directory.
GetDirectoryInfo	Returns a DirectoryInfo object for the specified path.
GetDriveInfo	Returns a DriveInfo object for the specified path.
GetFileInfo	Returns a FileInfo object for the specified path.
GetFiles	Returns a read-only String collection representing the names of files within a directory.
GetParentPath	Returns a String representing the absolute path of the parent of the provided path.
MoveDirectory	Moves a directory.
MoveFile	Moves a file.
OpenTextFieldParser	Opens a TextFieldParser.
OpenTextFileReader	Opens a TextReader.
OpenTextFileWriter	Opens a TextWriter.
ReadAllBytes	Reads from a binary file.
ReadAllText	Reads from a text file.
RenameDirectory	Renames a directory.
RenameFile	Renames a file.
WriteAllBytes	Writes to a binary file.
WriteAllText	Writes to a text file.