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Hello,

Does VS2005 have anything buildin to retrieve the Directory path for

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Start Menu\Programs...

Like an application has Application.StartupPath

Or do I have to hardcode:

Dim strUserID As String = System.Environment.UserName
Dim path As String = "C:\Documents and Settings\strUserID\Start Menu...

[Chris Mullins [MVP]]

"Rich" <Ri**@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:

Does VS2005 have anything buildin to retrieve the Directory path for
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Start Menu\Programs...

It's in the Environment Namespace:

DirectoryInfo di =
new
DirectoryInfo(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environmen t.SpecialFolder.Favorites));

MessageBox.Show(di.FullName);

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[Rad [Visual C# MVP]]

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:16:17 -0800, Rich wrote:

Hello,

Does VS2005 have anything buildin to retrieve the Directory path for

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Start Menu\Programs...

Like an application has Application.StartupPath

Or do I have to hardcode:

Dim strUserID As String = System.Environment.UserName
Dim path As String = "C:\Documents and Settings\strUserID\Start Menu...

If it for the current user, the follwing expression will get you their
start menu

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.StartMenu)

For a named user think you might be forced to build it yourself, but by
first getting the system drive. After that you need a bunch of switch
statement because different Windows Versions store these folders in
different locations e.g. Windows NT and 2000 I think stores user folders in
the winnt folder
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