SpecialDirectories.Programs Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Source:: SpecialDirectories.vb

Source:: SpecialDirectories.vb

Source:: SpecialDirectories.vb

Important

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Gets a path name pointing to the Programs directory.

public:
 static property System::String ^ Programs { System::String ^ get(); };

public static string Programs { get; }

static member Programs : string

Public Shared ReadOnly Property Programs As String

Property Value

String

The path to the Programs directory.

Exceptions

DirectoryNotFoundException

The path is empty, usually because the operating system does not support the directory.

Examples

This example displays the path for the Programs directory in a MessageBox.

MsgBox(My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Programs)

Remarks

The SpecialDirectories object contains paths to commonly referenced directories. The Programs directory contains the user's program groups.

Applies to