Parameters

path

A string containing the path to which the current working directory is set.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentException	path is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more implementation-specific invalid characters.
ArgumentNullException	path is null.
System.IO.FileNotFoundException	path was not found.
System.IO.IOException	An I/O error occurred while performing the operation.
System.IO.PathTooLongException	The length of path or the absolute path information for path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
System.Security.SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access unmanaged code.

Remarks

When the application terminates, the working directory is restored to its original location (the directory where the process was started).

The path argument is permitted to specify relative or absolute path information. Relative path information is interpreted as relative to the current working directory.

Note: To obtain the current working directory, see Directory.GetCurrentDirectory.

On platforms that do not support this feature, this method has no effect.

Requirements

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0