[jawsscripts] Re: Generic paths to user folders
- From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:03:05 -0000
I never knew that!
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hamid AITOUZNAG" <hamid.maier@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 3:51 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Generic paths to user folders
> Hi andre and Martin,
>
> You can get the same result by typing a single period "." in the run
> dialog.
>
> Hamid AITOUZNAG
> "We never value what we have until we lose it!".
>
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>
> On 06/01/2011 08:50, Andre Williams wrote:
>> Thanks Martin. believe it or not, I found the following works:
>> %HOMEPATH%\
>> (smile)!
>> Can you do me a big favor and test this path using the run dialogue to
>> verify that it works on your computer too?
>> Andre
>> PS: thanks for the previous WordWeb help. Put that aside for a moment to
>> finish up on my current project but will get back to your information and
>> the other lister's info in a couple of days. Thanks.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Martin Slack"<m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To:<jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:44 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Generic paths to user folders
>>
>>
>> Hi Andre,
>>
>> Have you tried %USERNAME% as the username element in your proposed
>> path?
>> One way to test if you have this environment variable set on your own
>> machine is to type:
>>
>> echo %USERNAME%
>>
>> at a command prompt and see what is printed in reply.
>>
>> hth
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Andre Williams"<andre.williams.1965@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To:<jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:33 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Generic paths to user folders
>>
>>
>>
>>> Does anyone know how I can create the path to a folder using a generic
>>> user
>>> path? I want to find the path to:
>>> C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft
>>> because I will have course not know what others use as their computer
>>> names,
>>> I would like to find a generic path that will open this Microsoft
>>> folder.
>>> For example, if you type the following general path in the run dialogue
>>> you
>>> will open the FS folder within the program files folder.
>>> %ProgramFiles%\Freedom Scientific\
>>> I'm using Windows7 64.
>>> Thanks
>>> Andre
>>>
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