Grrr... Universal descriptor for My Documents?
01 October 2003, 03:26 PM
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Got mental block on this one so would someone kindly save my sanity? 
Need to know what the universal address for the My Documents folder is - the one you can use on any WinPC to bring up the Docs folder - no matter where on that particular PC it happens to be located, in the same way that %windir% will bring up the Windows folder, no matter where it is...
Anyone, please?!
Need to know what the universal address for the My Documents folder is - the one you can use on any WinPC to bring up the Docs folder - no matter where on that particular PC it happens to be located, in the same way that %windir% will bring up the Windows folder, no matter where it is...
Anyone, please?!
01 October 2003, 10:53 PM
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02 October 2003, 02:07 PM
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Find the variables defined using the SET command in cmd.
A way to get to the docs folder is something like
cd "%HOMEPATH%\My Documents"
But if the My documents folder is mapped to a network share then this wont work or you get the local folder.
hth
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A way to get to the docs folder is something like
cd "%HOMEPATH%\My Documents"
But if the My documents folder is mapped to a network share then this wont work or you get the local folder.
hth
H
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02 October 2003, 06:41 PM
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9x eek.. can't even remember how that works lol..
Under 9x I think no matter who is logged in the folder is always c:\my documents ? or where ever if u have changed it?
ps, what a horrible os
Under 9x I think no matter who is logged in the folder is always c:\my documents ? or where ever if u have changed it?
ps, what a horrible os
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Yeah, I know. Trouble is I've got to write an app that works on 9x as well as the NT based OSes as the organisation who will use it are migrating slowly to XP as they replace old PC's with new ones.
As you say, it's always C:\My Documents in 9x, but I want the app to work transparently no matter which OS it's running on, hence me needing to know what the universal descriptor was. Saves writing one chunk of code for 9x and another for XP.
As you say, it's always C:\My Documents in 9x, but I want the app to work transparently no matter which OS it's running on, hence me needing to know what the universal descriptor was. Saves writing one chunk of code for 9x and another for XP.
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