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Get the Physical Path of a Virtual Root Path Without Using Server.MapPath()

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Server.MapPath() actually generates an additional requests to the Web server. A cheaper way to get the physical path for virtual root path of your website on the server is:

Request.ServerVariables("APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH")

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