diff --git a/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.text.utf8encoding.getpreamble/cs/getpreamble1.cs b/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.text.utf8encoding.getpreamble/cs/getpreamble1.cs
index 0347b955501..d34961a188f 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.text.utf8encoding.getpreamble/cs/getpreamble1.cs
+++ b/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_CLR_System/system.text.utf8encoding.getpreamble/cs/getpreamble1.cs
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ public static void Main()
       // Write a file using the default constructor without a BOM.
       var enc = new UTF8Encoding();
       Byte[] bytes = enc.GetBytes(s);
-      WriteToFile(@".\NoPreamble.txt", enc, bytes);
+      WriteToFile("NoPreamble.txt", enc, bytes);
 
       // Use BOM.
       enc = new UTF8Encoding(true);
-      WriteToFile(@".\Preamble.txt", enc, bytes);
+      WriteToFile("Preamble.txt", enc, bytes);
    }
 
    private static void WriteToFile(String fn, Encoding enc, Byte[] bytes)