Get a file's root path

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I have this code to get all the files from a folder and its sub-directories.

FolderBrowserDialog fb = new FolderBrowserDialog(); if (fb.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { foreach (string folder in System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(fb.SelectedPath, "*.*", System.IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories)) listBox1.Items.Add(Path.GetFullPath(folder)); }

but it returns the file paths like this: C:\Users\RANDOM\Desktop\TheSelectedFolder\SubFolder1\Subfolder2\file.txt How can i make it return only the name of the Selected Folder plus the path of the sub-directories? without the drive letter, username, etc.

Sam Axe · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-09 04:53:05Z

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silliness = Path.Combine( Path.GetDirectoryName(fb.SelectedPath), folder.Replace(fb.SelectedPath, String.Empty) )

answered May 9, 2013 at 4:53

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Ram Singh · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-09 05:07:45Z

If you use

System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath)

where

filePath = "C:\Users\RANDOM\Desktop\TheSelectedFolder\SubFolder1\Subfolder2\file.txt"

it should return

`"C:\Users\RANDOM\Desktop\TheSelectedFolder\SubFolder1\Subfolder2"`

From this you can then use a regular expression like @"^[a-zA-Z]\:\Users\[^]+\" to cut out the bit of the path you don't want.

Edit: now that my brain is in hear, I can see that the answer I'd give has already been given.

Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(selectedFolder),filePath.Replace(selectedFolder,String.Empty))

i want to retrieve only the name of the selected folder + the paths of it's subfolders without the *"C:\Users\RANDOM\Desktop*

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