title: How do I determine the Windows 'Download folder' path?
body: <p>On my machine, it's here:</p>
  
  <pre><code>string downloadsPath = Path.Combine(
     Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile),
     "Downloads");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But on a colleagues machine, this folder doesnt exist, and his Downloads folder is in his 'My Documents' folder. <strike>We are both on Windows 7</strike>*.</p>
  
  <p>*<strong>Edit</strong>: in fact, it turns out he was not running the app on his own machine but a Windows Server 2003 machine.</p>