[RESOLVED] Dot in path name

So I have come up to a opportunity where I am getting a users profile that has a dot in the name, like C:\users\user.ad\appdata. When I send that path to

Path.GetFileName("C:\users\user.ad\appdata\roaming\apps")

It errors out as it states the path is invalid. How do I get .Net to treat it as a path instead of a filename.extension?

I'm am getting the users path by this:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)

Any ideas what I can add to tell .Net to treat is as a path?

Escaping it with double backslashes works:

Code:

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C:\\users\\user.ad\\appdata\\roaming\\apps

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So does using IO.Path.Combine:

Code:

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IO.Path.Combine("C:\users", "user.ad", "appdata", "roaming", "apps")

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What version of .Net are you using? I was using 4.8.

This worked for me, though GetFileName is returning a directory...

Code:

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        'path = C:\Users\michael.basnett\AppData\Roaming
        Dim path As String = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)
        Dim file As String = IO.Path.GetFileName(path) 'Roaming

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I'm using 4.8, I did get it to work, I just added it like this

var= Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) & "\Apps"

And sent it along, apparently I thought I had it like that but actually didn't. I was still uing the string as above.

Thanks guys, seems I just need to post to figure out my own problem. :)

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Originally Posted by phpman

I'm using 4.8, I did get it to work, I just added it like this

var= Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) & "\Apps"

And sent it along, apparently I thought I had it like that but actually didn't. I was still uing the string as above.

Thanks guys, seems I just need to post to figure out my own problem. :)

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I would advise against using concatenation. Use IO.Path.Combine

Code:

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        var = IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), "\Apps")

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