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How do I add a resource folder to app data?

I have a folder that contains many png images in my resources of my WPF application. I would like to add this folder to appdata/roaming. Since there are many images that are sorted in folders, I would prefer to add the whole folder. Is there any way to do this?
By the way, the folder is in a directory called Resources and all the pngs are build as resources in Visual Studio.

Here is my code example for your question:
public void MyCopy()
{
//1.You can use the following code to get the path appdata/roaming, and suppose you want to copy the files to NewImageFolder
string strTarget = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData).ToString() + "\\NewImageFolder\\";
if (!Directory.Exists(strTarget))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(strTarget);
}
//2. Then you need to get the path of your the File to be copied
string strSource = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
strSource = strSource.Substring(0, strSource.LastIndexOf("bin")) + "Resources\\Image";
//3.Copy the file
DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(strSource);
FileInfo[] files = dir.GetFiles();
string strFileName = null;
foreach (FileInfo file in files)
{
strFileName = strSource + "\\" + file.Name;
File.Copy(strFileName, System.IO.Path.Combine(strTarget, System.IO.Path.GetFileName(strFileName)));
}
}

C# - extract specific directory from ZIP, preserving folder structure

I have a zip archive and the folder structure inside of an archive looks something like this:
+ dirA
- fileA.txt
+ dirB
- fileB.txt
I'm trying to extract the contents of dirA to disk, but while doing so, I'm unable to perserve the folder structure, and instead of
- fileA.txt
+ dirB
- fileB.txt
I get
- fileA.txt
- fileB.txt
Here's my code:
using (ZipArchive archive = ZipFile.OpenRead(archivePath)) // archivePath is path to the zip archive
{
// get the root directory
var root = archive.Entries[0]?.FullName;
if (root == null) {
// quit in a nice way
}
var result = from curr in archive.Entries
where Path.GetDirectoryName(curr.FullName) != root
where !string.IsNullOrEmpty(curr.Name)
select curr;
foreach (ZipArchiveEntry entry in result)
{
string path = Path.Combine(extractPath, entry.Name); // extractPath is somwhere on the disk
entry.ExtractToFile(path);
}
}
I'm pretty positive that's because I use entry.Name instead of entry.FullName in Path.Combine(), but if I were to use FullName, I would have in path that root directory dirA I'm trying not to extract.
So I've hit a wall here, and the only solution I can think of is extracting the whole zip with:
ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(archivePath, extractPath);
...and then moving the subfolders from dirA to a different location and deleting dirA. Which doesn't seem like the luckiest of ideas.
Any help is much appreciated.

You could just shorten the FullName by the part of the path you dont want:
foreach (ZipArchiveEntry entry in result)
{
var newName = entry.FullName.Substring(root.Length);
string path = Path.Combine(extractPath, newName);
if (!Directory.Exists(path))
Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(path));
entry.ExtractToFile(path);
}

Add prefix to all file names in a folder with a certain extension using C#

I have 4 directories that host different files in them.
I currently have a form that if a certain checkbox is checked, it is suppose to go to that directory, and find all the pdf's in that directory and add a prefix to them.
for example, say folder 1 has 5 pdf's in them. i want it to go through and add "some prefix" to the file name.
Before: Filename
After: Some Prefix Filename

Get all the files in the directory using Directory.GetFiles
For each file create a new file path using parent directory path, prefix string and file name
Use File.Move to rename the file.
It should be like:
var files = Directory.GetFiles(#"C:\yourFolder", "*.pdf");
string prefix = "SomePrefix";
foreach (var file in files)
{
string newFileName = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(file), (prefix + Path.GetFileName(file)));
File.Move(file, newFileName);
}

string path = "Some Directory";
string prefix = "Some Prefix";
foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.pdf"))
{
var newName = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(file), prefix + Path.GetFileName(file));
File.Move(file, newName);
}

Visual C#: Move multiple files with the same extensions into another directory

guys. I've got a problem I can't solve:
I have a 2 folders I choose with folderBrowserDialog and tons of files in source directory I need to move to the target directory. But, I have only to move files with a specific extension like .txt or any other extension I can get from textbox.
So how can I do it?

First get all the files with specified extension using Directory.GetFiles() and then iterate through each files in the list and move them to target directory.
//Assume user types .txt into textbox
string fileExtension = "*" + textbox1.Text;
string[] txtFiles = Directory.GetFiles("Source Path", fileExtension);
foreach (var item in txtFiles)
{
File.Move(item, Path.Combine("Destination Directory", Path.GetFileName(item)));
}

Try this:
For copying files...
foreach (string s in files)
{
File.Copy(s, "C:\newFolder\newFilename.txt");
}
for moving files
foreach (string s in files)
{
File.Move(s, "C:\newFolder\newFilename.txt");
}
Example for Moving files to Directory:
string filepath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);
DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo(filepath);
foreach (var file in d.GetFiles("*.txt"))
{
Directory.Move(file.FullName, filepath + "\\TextFiles\\" + file.Name);
}
will Move all the files from Desktop to Directory "TextFiles".

Find all files in a folder

I am looking to create a program that finds all files of a certain type on my desktop and places them into specific folders, for example, I would have all files with .txt into the Text folder.
Any ideas what the best way would be to accomplish this? Thanks.
I have tried this:
string startPath = #"%userprofile%/Desktop";
string[] oDirectories = Directory.GetDirectories(startPath, "");
Console.WriteLine(oDirectories.Length.ToString());
foreach (string oCurrent in oDirectories)
Console.WriteLine(oCurrent);
Console.ReadLine();
It was not successful in finding all of the files.

A lot of these answers won't actually work, having tried them myself. Give this a go:
string filepath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);
DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo(filepath);
foreach (var file in d.GetFiles("*.txt"))
{
Directory.Move(file.FullName, filepath + "\\TextFiles\\" + file.Name);
}
It will move all .txt files on the desktop to the folder TextFiles.

First off; best practice would be to get the users Desktop folder with
string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);
Then you can find all the files with something like
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.txt", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
Note that with the above line you will find all files with a .txt extension in the Desktop folder of the logged in user AND all subfolders.
Then you could copy or move the files by enumerating the above collection like
// For copying...
foreach (string s in files)
{
File.Copy(s, "C:\newFolder\newFilename.txt");
}
// ... Or for moving
foreach (string s in files)
{
File.Move(s, "C:\newFolder\newFilename.txt");
}
Please note that you will have to include the filename in your Copy() (or Move()) operation. So you would have to find a way to determine the filename of at least the extension you are dealing with and not name all the files the same like what would happen in the above example.
With that in mind you could also check out the DirectoryInfo and FileInfo classes.
These work in similair ways, but you can get information about your path-/filenames, extensions, etc. more easily
Check out these for more info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.directory.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143316.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.aspx

You can try with Directory.GetFiles and fix your pattern
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(#"c:\", "*.txt");
foreach (string file in files)
{
File.Copy(file, "....");
}
Or Move
foreach (string file in files)
{
File.Move(file, "....");
}
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wz42302f