Retrieve the Current Run-Time Directory of the .NET Framework

This snippet shows you how to retrieve the directory of the "current" .NET Framework. The path returned is the location of the version of the .NET Framework that your application is using.
[C#] 
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

string currentRunTimeFolder = RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory();
[VB.NET] 
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Dim currentRunTimeFolder As String = RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory()

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Written by Imar Spaanjaars
Date Posted 05/16/2004 13:15
Date Last Updated 11/02/2020 16:31
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