My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories

The My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories property returns a SpecialDirectories?Proxy object that has properties giving the locations of various special directories (such as the system’s temporary directory and the user’s MyDocuments directory).

The following table describes these special directory properties.

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Property	Purpose
AllUsersApplicationData	Application settings for all users.
CurrentUserApplicationData	Application settings for the current user.
Desktop	The current user’s desktop directory.
MyDocuments	The current user’s MyDocuments directory.
MyMusic	The current user’s MyMusic directory.
MyPictures	The current user’s MyPictures directory.
Programs	The current user’s Start Menu\Programs directory.
Temp	The current user’s temporary directory.

Figure 29-1 shows typical examples of these directory paths in Windows Vista for a normal, non-administrator user named Developer.

Figure 29-1: My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories returns paths to special directories.