Hi, how do I retrieve the full path of the default Documents folder in Windows?
Knowing that each Windows user has its own Documents folder, also there may be other variables which affect where this folder is located
Assign = Directory.GetFiles(“c:\users…”)
@Jersey_Practical_Sho How do you get the username of the current user?
user = Environment.username
assign = directory.getfiles(“c:\users.…” + user.tostring)
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Hmm, I just navigated to C:\Users\Username\Documents and my files are not there. It does not point to the same location as the “Documents” quick access shortcut
Any help?
right click the quick link and go to properties and see where the target location is
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this would work better as it will traverse all sub directories
Directory.GetFiles("C:\Users\"+ user.ToString + "\documents\" , "*.*", searchoption.AllDirectories)
You can use the “Get Environment Folder” Activity using which we can retrieve the path of a list of standard folders like the “My Documents” , Desktop, Program Files etc. Hope this helps.
For your personnal documents folder
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments).tostring
->C:\Users\myName\Documents
For common documents
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonDocuments).tostring
->C:\Users\Public\Documents
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For earlier version of uipath you can use the Activity System/Environment/Get Environment Folder
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