The variables can be used both in scripts and on the command line. You might want to store preferences, settings and state between uses of the app or export data to an accessible location on disk. Consider, for example, the pathing differences between mac os x and windows with respect to writing files to the desktop. Oct 23, 2014 for example, if your current directory is c. You can also type wscript followed by the full name and path of the script you want to run. In the open field, type the full path of the script, and then click ok. Rightclick my documents on the desktop, and then click properties. Recognized environment variables windows 10 windows. How do i get user s desktop path t o desktop for batch file install. Complete list of environment variables on windows 10.
How can i determine the path to the folder where a script is. How many times have you walked up to a system in your office and needed to click through several diagnostic windows to remind yourself of important aspects of its configuration, such as its name, ip address, or. Sccm,you can create simple vb script that does this job. Script change user desktop folder path by using powershell. In windows os, we can find the current logged in username from windows command line. One way around this is to make the script change working directory right at the start and then use relative paths after that. Get answers from your peers along with millions of it pros who visit spiceworks. Obviously i know where my desktop is but i want to be able to get the path of a given users desktop path in my code at runtime. My current attempt at accessing this folder was to get the users music directory, subtract the music string from that path, and add downloads to it.
Vbs script to get the location of the current script geeks. Gets a path name pointing to the desktop directory. How output info to current user s desktop vbscript. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Hi all, does anybody know how to make the below code output to currently logged in user s desktop. The first section gives the path to the users desktop, using the windows script host object model library. This post provides you the list of user shell folders in windows 10 and their default paths. These can be files or icons listed in my computer, windows explorer, the find window, the start menu, or on the desktop. Key path software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\nonenum. Get the current script directory in powershell, vbscript and. Apr 05, 2006 well, we could have, except for one thing. Above code redirects the default download folder for current user only. Extract it to any folder you want and double click it. Hello, im trying to create a powershell script that will execute upon a user logging into the machine.
I have the following vbs script, but keep getting errors in line 11, path not found even though all paths exist. I have to believe there is a semisecret registry hack to accomplish this but havent come across it yet. It simply uses robocopy to copy their files over to a network share. You can get the current desktop path by using the code. To open the real desktop folder path in windows 8, 8. If youve moved or relocated a shell folder, you can restore it to the default location via the folder properties location tab in most cases. A path is a string that provides the location of a file or directory. Our guest this week is eric lippert language architect extraordinaire and famous for all his work at microsoft in developing their languages eric joined microsoft right out of college and was originally working on vb its time for everyones favorite game.
How do i get the path to common folders on my computer. How can i determine the path to the folder where a script. Solved outfile to user desktop powershell spiceworks. Make sure it executes after the user logs in, otherwise it will never get the environment. A path does not necessarily point to a location on disk. Im wondering how i would be able to get the path for the users download folder in windows vista and 7 in vb. The default download location on our windows systems works well enough most of the time without a problem, but what if you want or need to change the location at the system level.
How do i get users desktop path to desktop for batch file. In this guide, youll learn the list of the most common environment variables you can use on windows 10. Find your current wallpaper image path in windows 10. I recently found a nifty code that will help with chkdsk logs. Or you can use the %homepath% variable to access the current user default folders location where the operating system stores the folders for desktop, documents, downloads, onedrive, etc. So just by printing the value in these environment variables we can get to know the login name.
I created this script to help my users backup their files with minimum effort on their part. Save excel file to desktop with vba excel dashboards vba. I have an excel workbook that on form button click i need to save a copy of the workbook to the user s desktop. How do i change this to automatically not manually display c. These special folders do not work in all language locales, a preferred method is to query the value from user shell folders like this example vbscript. For one, we assumed that connecting to the users desktop folder would return.
The showspecialfolders method begins by getting the integer value of the member of the specialfolders enumeration that is passed in as a parameter. But do you really want to copy the script to your source file location in order to perform the copy. Where is the real desktop folder path in windows 8. The scurpath will display the current directory from where the script is ececuted. Path to user directory without username scripting mcneel.
The first answer i have posted i think it is more general and it gives the desktop path in any. Can i change the current directory while my script is running. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. How to get a path to the desktop for current user in c stack overflow. Environment variables makes it easy when certain standard directories and parameters need to be referenced but where the actual. To access a parent directory you cannot just use a syntax like \. In this guide, youll learn the list of the most common environment variables you can. It will also check whether the domain controller is reachable from user s. The exact format of a path is determined by the current platform. Application acls activation active directory active directory application mode adam activex data. Oct 24, 2011 get current directory this script will get the current directory from where the script is executed.
This script will get the current directory from where the script is executed. Allow userspecific login credentials to be pulled with excel. The freevbcode site provides free visual basic code, examples, snippets, and. When creating apps you will often need to save data outside your app.
Is there a way, via powershell, you can redirect the default download folder to anywhere you want, for current user and any future user. If a new user logs into the same machine, above script no longer works. You can get the current desktop path by using the code below. I have dual monitors for gaming, i only dabble with powershell. I use about 1500 wallpapers with the slide show feature in win8. Move location of desktop folder in windows 10 tutorials. Netonly class specialdirectories, which has this property my. Jun 09, 2019 microsoft excel does not have the builtin functionality to access the computers current user name. This is the snippet add shortcuts to the users desktop on freevbcode. Originally everything was going to be on a shared network folder, but now i have about 6 different users that when they click the button, i need to save the workbook to their individual desktops. The use of this library means that the library must be included in the project for this code to work.
I want to make a script that requires one of the user specific directories my documents. To know the login name of the currently logged in user we can run the below command. Figuring out where windows places certain items such as the users desktop. Hi jan, seems like the issue is due to a limitation of vbs. Describes how to redirect user shell folders by using profile maker. How to save excel workbook to desktop regardless of user. This integer value appears at the beginning of the strings shown in listing 1. The real desktop directory folder and the desktop you see are not on windows and not the same, here is a simple example of how to open these folders, to clear the question of many users what is the path name of the desktop in windows an how. Running vbscript scripts with the windows script host. Vb scripts copy file to users desktop vbscript tektips. The currentdirectory returns a string that contains the fullyqualified pathname of the current working directory.
Batch file to copy desktop shortcut windows forum spiceworks. If you try it and find that it works on another platform, please add a note to the script. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Changes the background and font color so that it stands out changes the size of the command window so it is just large enough for the script. Special folder paths vb 6 sample code developer fusion. Sccm vbscript to add shortcut files to users desktop profile or favorites. Net web forms unable to get current user desktop path in asp. How to redirect user shell folders to a specified path by. The filesystem directory that contains files and folders that appear on the desktop for all users. User folders moving user folders by modular script. The logged in user information is stored in environment variables.
To get access to functionality like that i think you have to use the filesystemobject which i admit is a bit more complicated to use but it comes with some useful properties. There are several ways to find the path to the desktop in vba. Getcurrentuser computername console credential getcurrentuser computername remote credential description the getcurrentuser cmdlet returns information about the users currently logged on to a computer in an interactive session desktop and remote desktop users, but not service accounts or users attached to a network share. Allow user specific login credentials to be pulled with excel vba april 27, 2016 chris newman there are a ton of great data programs out there that integrate very nicely with excel. With the path to the script folder safely tucked away in a. The specialfolderpath function is especially useful in crossplatform development work in which your stack will need, for example, to keep track of a user s performance, preferences, etc. Get the current script directory in powershell, vbscript. If youre doing this from a windows installer, you can use the. This script is tested on these platforms by the author. So is there a way or one liner to get the file name of the current wallpapers. Vbs script to get the location of the current script. This will be helpful when we want to execute something from the script directory.
Here is just a quick example of how to get the location of the currently running script. Net framework 2009 summer scripting games 2010 scripting games 2011 scripting games 2012 scripting games 20 scripting games 2014 scripting games 2014 winter scripting games 2015 holiday series 4. Hi,im just wondering if there is a wildcard that will allow you to select a directory path based on the current user logged in. When the properties of the my documents folder the desktop icon are displayed and a group policy has not been established to redirect the folder, you can change the path to the my documents folder and you can move the contents from the old location to the new location. Provides an example of how to redirect the my documents folder to a specified path.
Obtain the full path to any of the special windows folders desktop, start menu. Complete list of environment variables in windows 10 environment variables are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer. Scriptfullname and then you can use the filesystemobject class to get the parent folder name. Sccm vbscript to add shortcut files to users desktop profile. How to move your desktop folder location in windows 10 the desktop is the main screen area that you see after you turn on your pc and sign in to windows. Like the top of an actual desk, it serves as a surface for your work. However, you can use the declare statement in a visual basic for applications macro to call a microsoft windows function that will return the current user name. Can i change the current directory when running a script.
I need a windows vbscript to retrieve local user profile path. Function to return the path to the current users desktop folder. The good feature of this script is it can move local user profile which contains current user desktop do wnloadsdocumen ts and application settings to domain profile when the local user joins to domain. The procedure will then save the file and close it leaving the user on the original sheet. Removing desktop, documents, downloads, music, pictures. Windows 10 user shell folders restore default paths. Documents, downloads, music, pictures, and videos folders from navigation pane. Change user desktop folder path by using powershell. Its just a simple wrapper to retrieve the current, redirected and correct path to the folders as well as what the systems default path would be, not using the whole power of the shgetsetknownfolder functions to change the paths or impersonating another user to get the path of his special folder. Ive got a batch file to automatically update a database on users win2k computers, but now i want to be able to add a. Ive got a batch file to automatically update a database on user s win2k computers, but now i want to be able to add a. Removing desktop, documents, downloads, music, pictures, and videos folders from navigation pane. The filesystem directory that contains documents that are common to all users. If youre doing this from a windows installer, you can use the movefile table for this, by setting the options flag to 0.
Immediately the folder containing the wallpaper image will be opened and that image will be selected in file explorer. The following needs to be placed in a regular vba module. Add shortcuts to the users desktop freevbcode code snippet. Some of you might be wondering why we didnt use the currentdirectory property to determine the current directory of the script. However, there are situations where the location tab option cant be used. Vbscript is fairly straightforward the full path of the running script is available in wscript.
Account profile download center microsoft store support returns order. Explicit variable declaration option explicit step over errors for. The following is a simple excel vba example of copying data from the current workbook and saving it to the desktop. How do i get user s desktop path to desktop for batch file install. How do i get users desktop path to desktop for batch file install. Finding the path to the desktop microsoft excel tips. When you open apps or folders, they appear on the desktop. Yes, you can change the current directory while a script is running, provided you are running windows script host 5. Dat after running the script,every new user will have his folders at the choosen place.
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