how to get path of a file

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hi everybody!!
i want to know that how to get the address of a file saved in PC anywhere..
to get its full path using c# window application...i only know the file name but not its address where it is saved..how to do this???

Posted 24-Jul-13 21:23pm

shipra goyal

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lukeer 25-Jul-13 5:52am

There can be myriads of files on one single harddrive of one PC that all have the same name. Without further information, you simply cannot tell which of them is the one you're looking for.

CPallini advises a search. I second that. If there are more results than one, let the user chose which one is the one in question.

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2013-07-24T21:34:00

Solution 2

You probably need to search a file based on its filename, anywhere in your PC.
See for instance: How to recursively search directories by using Visual C#[^].

Posted 24-Jul-13 21:34pm

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lukeer 25-Jul-13 5:32am

Countered the univote. This is the only viable among the given solutions in respect to the available information from OP.

CPallini 25-Jul-13 11:48am

Thank you very much.

aliwpf · Answer 2 · 2013-07-24T22:25:00

Hi. your question isn't obvious. do you perform saving operation ?
if you use saveFileDialog.Create a button and try this:

C#

private void GetPathButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
       {
           string filePath = "";
           SaveFileDialog saveFileDialog = new SaveFileDialog();
           bool? result = saveFileDialog.ShowDialog();
           if (result.Value)
           {
               //To get full path
               filePath = saveFileDialog.FileName;

               //To get file name
               string fileName = saveFileDialog.SafeFileName;
           }
       }

Mahmud Mostafa · Answer 3 · 2013-07-24T21:32:00

Solution 1

Hi,
you can use the class System.IO.FileInfo

C#

fileInfo= new FileInfo(fileName);

fileInfo.DirectoryName; //This will give the folder path which is having the file

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Posted 24-Jul-13 21:32pm

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lukeer 25-Jul-13 5:31am

The FileInfo constructor[^] you advise does need the path to be included in its fileName parameter. Therefore it has to be known already.

Or, if you just pass the filename without path, it is regarded as relative to the working directory. That does not necessarily correlate with the path of any given file.

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