ShellSettingsManager.GetApplicationDataFolder Method

Gets the folder that Visual Studio uses for storing various cache, backup, template, etc. files

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Settings
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function GetApplicationDataFolder ( _
    folder As ApplicationDataFolder _
) As String

public override string GetApplicationDataFolder(
    ApplicationDataFolder folder
)

public:
virtual String^ GetApplicationDataFolder(
    ApplicationDataFolder folder
) override

abstract GetApplicationDataFolder : 
        folder:ApplicationDataFolder -> string  
override GetApplicationDataFolder : 
        folder:ApplicationDataFolder -> string

public override function GetApplicationDataFolder(
    folder : ApplicationDataFolder
) : String

Parameters

• folder
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.ApplicationDataFolder

  The requested folder.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The full path of the requested folder.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ShellSettingsManager Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Settings Namespace