October 9, 200520 yr another dumb inf question (before i go to bed) how would you reference 'My documents' location (taking into acount it could be anywhere) in a windows 98SE inf file ? (i'm taking it that the XP DIRIDs don't work)
October 9, 200520 yr another dumb inf question (before i go to bed) how would you reference 'My documents' location (taking into acount it could be anywhere) in a windows 98SE inf file ? (i'm taking it that the XP DIRIDs don't work)Click on start/search/files and folders. Enter 'documents' and awaaay you go ...
October 9, 200520 yr CSIDL_PERSONAL is used to get the location of My Documents programatically. Dunno if it's of any use in infs.
October 9, 200520 yr Author Click on start/search/files and folders. Enter 'documents' and awaaay you go ... ; Common DIRID Listing,;; Destination Directories;; 01 - SourceDrive:\pathname (the directory from which the INF file was installed) ; 10 - Windows directory (%SystemRoot%) ; 11 - System directory (%SystemRoot%\system32 -NT-, %SystemRoot%\system -Win9x/Me-) ; 12 - Drivers directory (%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers -NT-, %SystemRoot%\system\IoSubsys -Win9x/Me-); 17 - INF file directory (%SystemRoot%\inf); 18 - Help directory (%SystemRoot%\Help); 20 - Fonts directory (%SystemRoot%\Fonts); 24 - Root directory of system disk (%SystemDrive%); 25 - Shared directory (%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Shared Documents); 53 - User profile directory (%USERPROFILE%);; Shell Special Folders;; 16419 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data; 16409 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop; 16430 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents; 16437 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents\My Music; 16438 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents\My Pictures; 16439 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents\My Videos; 16415 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Favorites; 16406 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu; 16407 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs; 16431 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools; 16408 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup; 16429 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Templates; 16410 %USERPROFILE%\Application Data; 16417 %USERPROFILE%\Cookies; 16384 %USERPROFILE%\Desktop; 16400 %USERPROFILE%\Desktop; 16390 %USERPROFILE%\Favorites; 16412 %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data; 16443 %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning; 16418 %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History; 16416 %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files; 16389 %USERPROFILE%\My Documents; 16397 %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Music; 16423 %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures; 16398 %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Videos; 16403 %USERPROFILE%\NetHood; 16411 %USERPROFILE%\PrintHood; 16392 %USERPROFILE%\Recent; 16393 %USERPROFILE%\SendTo; 16395 %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu; 16386 %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs; 16432 %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools; 16391 %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup; 16405 %USERPROFILE%\Templates; 16422 %ProgramFiles%; 16427 %ProgramFiles%\Common Files; 16440 %SystemRoot%\Resources; 16441 %SystemRoot%\Resources\0409;; e.g.; For shortcut in users Quick Launch toolbar,; "%16410%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\"is the info i got, but i don't think most of it applys to 98SEwhat i want to do is place folders into My Documents and muck about with the desktop.inis during the install of the project i'm working on, i'm pretty sure i know now how to do what i want to do with the singular exception of referencing "My Documents" itself with a DIRID (or via an alternative method (reading the registry ?))
October 9, 200520 yr Author CustomDestination !HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders !DUH! oh well, i live and learn... Edited October 9, 200520 yr by miko
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