Recommended Microsoft Software Directories

Question

Where can I find a list of what Microsoft recommends for directories for installing programs, application data, etc.? (e.g. best practices)

Answer 1

There is an Environment.SpecialFolder enum.

Answer 2

The full document on this subject is Windows User Experience, which was previously published as a book, but can now be found on the Internet in many places (for example, http://www.scribd.com/doc/36857902/Windows-User-Experience )

Answer 3

Windows: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=88AD7E7C-4068-48B8-9503-E160A6693BBA&displaylang=en

PDF.

Windows Vista. " " SHGetFolderPath (Windows XP ) SHGetKnownFolderPath (Windows Vista), .NET Environment.GetFolderPath.

Environment.SpecialFolder .NET 4.0. , 3.5.