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Omkar
Omkar

Reputation: 2149

Windows Path Conversion

I want to convert "C:\Program Files\x\y\z" to "C:\%ProgramFiles%\x\y\z OR "C:\Progra~1\x\y\z"(DOS short path). How to do this C#.Net?

To convert long path to DOS short path I have tried solution posted here however on my Windows 10 it is not working. Any hints?

Update - Please note, path may or may not exist physically on disk. I am looking a solution which can convert any arbitrary path string to above formats. The solution using GetShortPathName(...) works only if the LongPath is physically exist on disk.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 603

Answers (1)

Caius Jard
Caius Jard

Reputation: 74605

If you have a string put into your app such as "c:\program files\x\y\z" and you know it's the wrong place, but don't know where the right place is, you're going to have to make the assumption that c:\program files means "the program files folder" and perform a string replacement with the result of Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) or Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86) depending on which you assert it to be

var wrongPath = @"c:\program files\x\y\z";
var actualPath = wrongpath.Replace(
  @"c:\program files", 
  Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles)
);

For conversion to a short path, try something like: Method to convert a long path name to a short path returns a null

Upvotes: 2

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