SpecialDirectories.Desktop 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 Desktop directory.

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

public static string Desktop { get; }

static member Desktop : string

Public Shared ReadOnly Property Desktop As String

Property Value

String

The path to the Desktop 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 Desktop directory in a MessageBox.

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

Remarks

The SpecialDirectories object contains paths to commonly referenced directories.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

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