In a .Net winforms application, how do I obtain the path the current user's temp folder?











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Seems so basic, I can't believe I don't know this! I just need a scratch folder to dump some temporary files to. I don't care if it gets wiped out between usages or not, and I don't think I should have to go through the hassle of creating one and maintaining it myself from within my application. Is that too much to ask?










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    Seems so basic, I can't believe I don't know this! I just need a scratch folder to dump some temporary files to. I don't care if it gets wiped out between usages or not, and I don't think I should have to go through the hassle of creating one and maintaining it myself from within my application. Is that too much to ask?










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      Seems so basic, I can't believe I don't know this! I just need a scratch folder to dump some temporary files to. I don't care if it gets wiped out between usages or not, and I don't think I should have to go through the hassle of creating one and maintaining it myself from within my application. Is that too much to ask?










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      Seems so basic, I can't believe I don't know this! I just need a scratch folder to dump some temporary files to. I don't care if it gets wiped out between usages or not, and I don't think I should have to go through the hassle of creating one and maintaining it myself from within my application. Is that too much to ask?







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          Use System.IO.Path.GetTempPath().






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            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) or Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)






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              My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Temp


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                    Use System.IO.Path.GetTempPath().






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                        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) or Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)






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                          Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) or Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)






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                            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) or Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)






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                            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) or Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)







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                                This is for VB.NET



                                My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Temp


                                not sure if there's similar in C#






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                                  This is for VB.NET



                                  My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Temp


                                  not sure if there's similar in C#






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                                    This is for VB.NET



                                    My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Temp


                                    not sure if there's similar in C#






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                                    This is for VB.NET



                                    My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Temp


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