How to get the name of the drive that the OS is installed on?

Question

In C#, how do I get the name of the drive that the Operating System is installed on?

Answer 1

There is an enum "SpecialFolder" in Environment where we can select the folder we are looking for..

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);

Answer 2

All other Environment properties can be found at ms itself : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.environment_properties.aspx

SystemDirectory - Gets the fully qualified path of the system directory.

Answer 3

This should do it for you:

Path.GetPathRoot(Environment.SystemDirectory)