FileSystem.CurrentDirectory Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Source:: FileSystem.vb

Source:: FileSystem.vb

Source:: FileSystem.vb

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Gets or sets the current directory.

public:
 static property System::String ^ CurrentDirectory { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public static string CurrentDirectory { get; set; }

static member CurrentDirectory : string with get, set

Public Shared Property CurrentDirectory As String

Property Value

String

The current directory for file I/O operations.

Exceptions

DirectoryNotFoundException

The path is not valid.

UnauthorizedAccessException

The user lacks necessary permissions.

Examples

This example returns the current directory and displays it in a message box.

MsgBox(My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory)

This example sets the current directory to C:\TestDirectory.

My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory = "C:\TestDirectory"

Remarks

CurrentDirectory is a system-wide environment variable.

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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