Visual Basic 2012 Programmer's Reference

MY.COMPUTER.FILESYSTEM.SPECIALDIRECTORIES

The My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories property returns an object that has properties giving the locations of various special directories such as the system’s temporary directory and the user’s MyDocuments directory.

The following table describes these special directory properties.

PROPERTY	PURPOSE
AllUsersApplicationData	Application settings for all users
CurrentUserApplicationData	Application settings for the current user
Desktop	The current user’s desktop directory
MyDocuments	The current user’s MyDocuments directory
MyMusic	The current user’s MyMusic directory
MyPictures	The current user’s MyPictures directory
Programs	The current user’s Programs directory
ProgramFiles	The current user’s Program Files directory
Temp	The current user’s temporary directory

DIRECTORY DEFICIENCIES

Note that these directories may not all exist on a particular system. For example, a system may not define the MyMusic or MyPictures directories. Trying to access the value of a missing directory causes a DirectoryNotFoundException. You can use a Try Catch block to protect the program from the exception.