Environment.SystemDirectory Property

Definition

Gets the fully qualified path of the system directory.

public static string SystemDirectory { get; }

Property Value

A string containing a directory path.

Examples

The following example displays the system directory of the computer that runs the code example. (The system directory is omitted from the example output for security reasons.)

// Sample for the Environment.SystemDirectory property
using System;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
    Console.WriteLine();
//  <-- Keep this information secure! -->
    Console.WriteLine("SystemDirectory: {0}", Environment.SystemDirectory);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

SystemDirectory: C:\WINNT\System32
*/

Remarks

An example of the value returned is the string "C:\WINDOWS\System32".

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 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
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1