How do you get the Default Users folder (e.g. c:\users\Default)

Question

I\'ve looked at the Environment.GetFolderPath method and the System.Environment.SpecialFolder enum but I couldn\'t see anything that returns the path of the Default Users fo

Answer 1

Snippet from LINQPad (Language: C# Program) that outputs 'C:\Users\Default\Desktop':

void Main()
{
    GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop).Dump();
}

// Define other methods and classes here
[DllImport("shfolder.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
internal static extern int SHGetFolderPath(IntPtr hwndOwner, int nFolder, int hToken, int dwFlags, StringBuilder lpszPath);

public static string GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder folder)
{
    if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(Environment.SpecialFolder), folder))
    {
        throw new Exception("Crap");
    }
    StringBuilder lpszPath = new StringBuilder(260);

    SHGetFolderPath(IntPtr.Zero, (int) folder, -1, 0, lpszPath);
    string path = lpszPath.ToString();
    new FileIOPermission(FileIOPermissionAccess.PathDiscovery, path).Demand();
    return path;
}

Edit: I had the following imports in LINQPad

System.Runtime.InteropServices
System.Globalization
System.Security.Permissions

I used reflector to look at Environment.GetFolderPath and then took a look at SHGetFolderPath that specifies by passing -1 as hToken you get Default User instead.