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

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

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This should do it for you:

Path.GetPathRoot(Environment.SystemDirectory)
TheSoftwareJedi  2008-10-14 05:11:35
Yep, about as simple as it gets!
Matt Hanson  2008-10-14 05:15:34
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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.

JimmyTudeski  2008-10-14 06:05:29

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