Is there such thing as a same file directory for everyone in Windows10

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So I have been making an application where I edit a .txt file that I would like to send to other people, but it has my directory in it. It is basically C:\users\(MYNAME)\etc... and the application wouldn't work for anyone except me. Anyone have a solution on that.

My code is:

string text = File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\ME\XXX\XXX\XXX\options.txt");
text = text.Replace("text", "text");
File.WriteAllText(@"C:\Users\ME\XXX\XXX\.XXX\options.txt", text);

So don't use the `Users` directory? As you can probably tell by name, each user will have their own. Somewhere else in C:\ is probably what you want. — Broots Waymb, Nov 19 '18 at 21:40
Yes, so what would I need to use instead of 'users'? I have tried many things and none worked. — Marcin, Nov 19 '18 at 21:42
Pretty much anything else above `Users`... You have the entire C: drive at your disposal. It really depends on where you want to put it. If it's something related to your particular app, `%programdata%` might be a good place to start. — Broots Waymb, Nov 19 '18 at 21:45
Possible duplicate of [How to reference the C:\Users\Public directory programmatically in C#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4649810/how-to-reference-the-c-users-public-directory-programmatically-in-c-sharp) — mjwills, Nov 19 '18 at 21:50

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '18 at 21:43

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Either use a different directory like Broots recommended or you can get the current user's folder with:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile)

Which will return C:\Users\Username

answered Nov 19 '18 at 21:43

Nathan Champion

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I'm quite new to C#, and would I put that above my text, or at `InitializeComponent();`? – Marcin Nov 19 '18 at 21:46
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@Marcin That just returns a string. You use it in place of the hard coded C:\Users\X path you have now – BradleyDotNET Nov 19 '18 at 21:52
So where do I put it, I really don't know. – Marcin Nov 19 '18 at 22:21
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In your code, just replace `@"C:\Users\ME\XXX\XXX\XXX\options.txt"` by `Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), @"XXX\XXX\XXX\options.txt")` – Klaus Gütter Nov 20 '18 at 06:36

Is there such thing as a same file directory for everyone in Windows10

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