From 0f37f189ac08bbc3b9d6146ef42bffbd047a3bd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Babienco <mbabienco@southern.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 18:32:44 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor internal data path finding to Utilities

---
 src/Helpers/Utilities.cs | 14 ++++++++++++++
 src/Models/Settings.cs   |  9 +--------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Helpers/Utilities.cs b/src/Helpers/Utilities.cs
index 37ddd41..fb2ebc9 100644
--- a/src/Helpers/Utilities.cs
+++ b/src/Helpers/Utilities.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
@@ -35,4 +36,17 @@ class Utilities
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    public static string GetInternalDataPath()
+    {
+        var path = Path.Combine(
+            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData),
+            "MayShow"
+        );
+        if (!Directory.Exists(path))
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
+        }
+        return path;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Models/Settings.cs b/src/Models/Settings.cs
index c0c7c30..accd592 100644
--- a/src/Models/Settings.cs
+++ b/src/Models/Settings.cs
@@ -41,14 +41,7 @@ class Settings : ChangeNotifier
 
     public static string GetSettingsPath()
     {
-        var path = Path.Combine(
-            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData),
-            "MayShow"
-        );
-        if (!Directory.Exists(path))
-        {
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
-        }
+        var path = Utilities.GetInternalDataPath();
         return Path.Combine(path, GetSettingsFileName());
     }