System.Shell.Drive.rootDirectory property

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Gets the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to the root folder of a system storage device.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

strrootDirectory = System.Shell.Drive.rootDirectory

Property value

A String that receives the UNC path.

Remarks

If the location of a drag-and-drop operation is the rootDirectory, it cannot be used for a moveHere or copyHere operation due to operating system restrictions.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to get the path to the root folder of a storage device.

// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// Display drive information.
// driveLetter: user input.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
function GetDriveInfo(driveLetter)
{
    var sDrive = "";
    var drive = System.Shell.drive(driveLetter);

    if (drive)
    {
        if (drive.isReady)
        {
            sDrive = "Label:" + drive.volumeLabel + " for drive(" + drive.driveLetter + ")<br/>";
            sDrive += "FreeSpace: " + drive.freeSpace + "MB<br/>";
            sDrive += "TotalFreeSpace: " + drive.totalFreeSpace + "MB<br/>";
            sDrive += "TotalSpace: " + drive.totalSize + "MB<br/>";
            sDrive += "DriveType: " + drive.driveType + "<br/>";
            sDrive += "DriveFormat: " + drive.driveFormat + "<br/>";
            sDrive += "RootDir: [" + drive.rootDirectory + "]<br/>";
        }
        else
        {
            sDrive = "Drive (" + driveLetter + ") is not ready.<br/>";
        }
    }
    else
    {
        sDrive = "Drive (" + driveLetter + ") is not valid.<br/>";
    }
    spFeedback.innerHTML = sDrive;
}

Requirements

See also

System.Shell.Drive

System.Shell