Package.UserDataPath Property

Gets the path to user data storage for Visual Studio.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.10.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property UserDataPath As String
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Package
Dim value As String

value = instance.UserDataPath

public string UserDataPath { get; }

public:
property String^ UserDataPath {
    String^ get ();
}

member UserDataPath : string

function get UserDataPath () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
The path to user data storage.

Remarks

The UserDataPath property returns a path that can be used to store program state for the current user. This path is typically located at:

%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Visual Studio\<version>, but this can change based on any alternate root that the shell was initialized with.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Package Class

Package Members

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace