How to create a Sub Folder into an existing folder?

Question

When my Windows Form Loads it run the following code Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "F.U.T.U.R.E")); Which therefor create a folder with the name "F.U.T.U.R.E" Inside MyDocuments Directory. Now I would like to create another Folder when I press on a button inside the existing folder "F.U.T.U.R.E" .

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  // Create Sub Folder into My.Documents."F.U.T.U.R.E"
}

Can anyone help me with the codes.

So what is preventing you from doing it similarily using the same `Directory.CreateDirectory` method? — Andrey Korneyev, Oct 30 '15 at 08:45
Am getting lost , am newbie in programming :) Some help would be welcome. — The_Little_Cousin, Oct 30 '15 at 08:46
before asking google it, this question was already answered at SO many times — Shekhar Pankaj, Oct 30 '15 at 08:47
Sorry , Ive search may be my question was not clear on google. Sorry — The_Little_Cousin, Oct 30 '15 at 08:48

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '15 at 08:47

Well, one way is to use the DirectoryInfo that gets returned from that original CreateDirectory call, and use the CreateSubdirectory method on it to do as needed.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.directoryinfo(v=vs.110).aspx

So:

var directoryInfo = Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "F.U.T.U.R.E"));

directoryInfo.CreateSubdirectory("MySubFolder");

However, there are a fair few ways to achieve this so don't take this as the defacto way to do it. Personally I never even realised the CreateSubdirectory method even existed, I've always done it by building the URLs and calling the CreateDirectory method. Learn something new everyday :-)

True, that's what I was searching for thanks for the help and yea Ive learn something really important with your help. — The_Little_Cousin, Oct 30 '15 at 08:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '15 at 08:47

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var path = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "F.U.T.U.R.E");
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);//Create parent folder
Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(path, "YourSubFolderPath"));//Create subfolder same way

answered Oct 30 '15 at 08:47

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Please comment your answer with some explanations. – Mike Wise Oct 30 '15 at 09:38

How to create a Sub Folder into an existing folder?

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