How to get the current working directory in Java?

Question

I want to access my current working directory using java.

My code :

 String current = new java.io.File( \".\" ).getCanonicalPath();
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Answer 1

Using Windows user.dir returns the directory as expected, but NOT when you start your application with elevated rights (run as admin), in that case you get C:\WINDOWS\system32