Chapter 8, File and Stream I/O

1. Absolute, relative, UNC, and DOS device.
2. In the registry editor, set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\LongPathsEnabled to 1.
3. The most efficient way to calculate the size of a directory is to get DirectoryInfo for the directory, followed by the call to GetFileSystemInfos(). You then iterate through the result, adding the length of each FileInfo object to get the directory’s size.
4. The most efficient method of moving files is to obtain FileInfo objects from the in-memory cache and then use the FileInfo.MoveTo(string destination) method to move the file.
5. When you encounter a non-recoverable exception before you exit the application.
6. IOException.
7. Local, Local Cache, Roaming, Temporary, and C:\ProgramData.
8. Users may only install the software for themselves when prompted. This will result in each logged-on person using the software having their own copy of the data, with the data located in...