How to get Program Files Path in Visual Studio configuration

Question

I followed this tutorial to make NUnit tests debugable in Visual Studio. In the debugging options I set "Start external program:" to C:\Program Files\NUnit 2.4.8\bin\nunit-x86.exe. Is there a way to get the program files directory dynamically to avoid problems when other people work with this solution on their system?

Answer 1

The environment variable $PROGRAMFILES holds this. Most properties in visual studio allow you to use environment variable expansion like this: "$(PROGRAMFILES)\NUnit 2.4.8\"

Answer 2

Yes there is:

Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ProgramFiles")

Answer 3

%ProgamFiles% if using in a Windows path.