ExternalStorageFolder Class
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Represents a folder on the SD card.
Assembly: Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)
The ExternalStorageFolder type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | DateModified | Gets the date and time when the current folder was last modified. |
![]() | Name | Gets the name of the current folder. |
![]() | Path | Gets the path of the current folder. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetFilesAsync | Gets the top-level files in the current folder. |
![]() | GetFolderAsync | Gets a single sub-folder from the current folder using the specified folder name. |
![]() | GetFoldersAsync | Gets a list of the top-level sub-folders of the current folder. |
![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
Your app must register for a file association in the app manifest file to declare what file types (extensions) can be read from the SD card. For more info, see Auto-launching apps using file and URI associations for Windows Phone 8.
Capabilities
If you use this API in your app, you must specify the following capabilities in the app manifest. Otherwise, your app might not work correctly or it might exit unexpectedly.
ID_CAP_REMOVABLE_STORAGE | Windows Phone 8 |
For more info, see App capabilities and hardware requirements for Windows Phone 8.


