desktop and startup folders

[Dale Fye]

How do I refer to the users desktop using the DIR()
function?

How do I add a shortcut or an application to a users
startup folder?

 

[Jason Rice]

How do I refer to the users desktop using the DIR()

function?

Try this (Win XP directory structure):
Dir ("C:\Documents And Settings\" & Environ("username")
& "\Desktop\")

How do I add a shortcut or an application to a users
startup folder?

Try this:
FileCopy "C:\Path\SourceFileName.xxx", "C:\Documents And
Settings\" & Environ("username") & "\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup\"

HTH
Jason

 

[Juan M Afan de Ribera]

Hi,

How do I refer to the users desktop using the DIR()
function?

If you don't matter using File System Object, here is an example (spanish):

http://www.mvp-access.com/juanmafan/wsh/specialfolders.htm

How do I add a shortcut or an application to a users
startup folder?

Here is an example, using File System Object as well (spanish):

http://www.mvp-access.com/juanmafan/wsh/crearaccesodirecto.htm

this example creates a shorcut of the current db in the desktop, but you
only have to change the line

Escritorio = WScript.SpecialFolders("Desktop")

to

Escritorio = WScript.SpecialFolders("Startup")

HTH

 

[Dale Fye]

Thanks. That helped.

Hi,

How do I refer to the users desktop using the DIR()
function?

If you don't matter using File System Object, here is an example (spanish):

http://www.mvp-access.com/juanmafan/wsh/specialfolders.htm

How do I add a shortcut or an application to a users
startup folder?

Here is an example, using File System Object as well (spanish):

http://www.mvp-access.com/juanmafan/wsh/crearaccesodirecto.htm

this example creates a shorcut of the current db in the desktop, but you
only have to change the line

Escritorio = WScript.SpecialFolders("Desktop")

to

Escritorio = WScript.SpecialFolders("Startup")

HTH

--
Saludos,
Juan M Afan de Ribera
[MVP Access]
http://www.mvp-access.com/juanmafan

How do I refer to the users desktop using the DIR()
function?

How do I add a shortcut or an application to a users
startup folder?