Retrieving Special Folders using FileSystemObject

There are many ways to get the special folders like Systems folder, Temporary folder etc. One common method is to use the Environ. Here you can achieve the same using FileSystemObject

Sub Get_Special_Folders()

' Uses File System Object
' Need to have reference to Microsoft Scripting Runtime

On Error GoTo Show_Err

Dim oFS As FileSystemObject
Dim sSystemFolder As String
Dim sTempFolder As String
Dim sWindowsFolder As String

Set oFS = New FileSystemObject

' System Folder - Windows\System32
sSystemFolder = oFS.GetSpecialFolder(SystemFolder)

' Temporary Folder Path
sTempFolder = oFS.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder)

' Windows Folder Path
sWindowsFolder = oFS.GetSpecialFolder(WindowsFolder)


If Not oFS Is Nothing Then Set oFS = Nothing

Show_Err:

If Err <> 0 Then
MsgBox Err.Number & " - " & Err.Description
Err.Clear
End If
End Sub


For this you need to reference Microsoft Scripting Runtime


See also:

How to retrieve Application Data Folder using C# (.NET)
How to get the full path of cookies folder using C# (.NET)
Selecting a Folder in VB.Net
How to retrieve MyDocuments Folder using C# (.NET)
How to retrieve Desktop Folder using C# (.NET)

Shared Name For the Drive

QueryDosDeviceW API Function can be used to get the device name.

To get the Shared Name of the drive, use the following function:

Public Function ConvertDrive2ServerName(ByVal sFullPath As String) As String


' --- Replaces the DriveName with ShareName in a given string

Dim FSO As FileSystemObject

Dim sDrive As String

Dim drvName As Drive

Dim sShare As String



On Error GoTo Err_Trap



Set FSO = New FileSystemObject



sDrive = FSO.GetDriveName(sFullPath)

Set drvName = FSO.GetDrive(sDrive)

sShare = drvName.ShareName



If LenB(sShare) <> 0 Then

ConvertDrive2ServerName = Replace(sFullPath, sDrive, sShare, 1, 1, vbTextCompare)

Else

ConvertDrive2ServerName = sFullPath

End If

If Not FSO Is Nothing Then Set FSO = Nothing



' ---------------------------------------

' Error Handling

' ---------------------------------------

Err_Trap:

If Err <> 0 Then

Err.Clear

Resume Next

End If

End Function

The function returns the DriveName with ShareName in a given string. It is advisable for programmers to store all the file locations using Sharename instead of DriveName

Cheers

Shasur