Get locale specific directory in My documents

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I have my custom application that generates a directory in My documents path, after installation the application uses that directory, but i got an issue in Chinese windows OS, where my application folder name appears in Chinese, so is there any way i can get the file name properly in "en" or some wordaround so that i can that directory name at runtime.

What do you mean? If you create `MyApp` directory, it will show as `MyApp` regardless of locale. Maybe you have a bug in the code that creates the directory? — svick, Oct 01 '11 at 15:31

Matthew Hazzard · Answer 1 · 2020-02-28T20:34:48.400

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Use the special folders in System.Environment

var path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments); var subFolderPath = Path.Combine(path, "sub folder");

edited Feb 28 '20 at 20:34

answered Oct 01 '11 at 04:47

Matthew Hazzard

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that will give path only upto MyDocuments, i am looking for the directory inside MyDocuments whose name is locale specific. – Vaibhav Oct 01 '11 at 06:17
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String path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) + "\\yourFolder"; – tottotech Jun 12 '15 at 13:34
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I'd use `Path.Combine()` personally, or at least `Path.DirectorySeparatorChar`. Gotta think of Mono support :p – Nyerguds Sep 29 '17 at 08:16
@Nyerguds exactly. – Matthew Hazzard Feb 28 '20 at 20:36

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 31 '17 at 13:41

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String path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);

then you can append folder name as

string folder ="\\YOUR_FOLDER_NAME\\";

Then append to you path as

String full_path=path+folder;

edited Mar 31 '17 at 13:41

Gourav Joshi

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answered Mar 31 '17 at 12:26

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You should use `System.IO.Path.Combine()` to append two parts of a path. It takes care of the \, you don't have to put any. – Arkane Dec 04 '19 at 16:47

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