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C:\ is the filesystem root, %systemroot% is a shortcut to where Windows is installed.
What is the path for Windows filesystem root?
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Hello good people, I was wondering if anyone can tell me that is the path for windows root folder , only answer i found was on wikipedia and it was "file://" ,but when i program that path i just get an exception , and "C:/" for example works properly. So basicly the question is ,tell me whats the path for windows filesystem root? ty
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2011-07-18T15:31:42+00:00 %Systemroot% is the path to C:\Windows.
Is that what you mean?