[commander]

I am wondering how can I refer to the ¨C:\Documents and Settings\user\Start Menu\Programs\Startup¨ folder in my batch program as the folder ¨user¨ will be different in different machines. What we do in situations like this?

[ninja805]

I am wondering how can I refer to the ¨C:\Documents and Settings\user\Start Menu\Programs\Startup¨ folder in my batch program as the folder ¨user¨ will be different in different machines. What we do in situations like this?

I'm glad you asked! :Smile:
Use "%userprofile%". F.E.,

Code:

@echo off start %userprofile%\george\untitled1.exe

Hope this helps man!

[commander]

I am wondering how can I refer to the ¨C:\Documents and Settings\user\Start Menu\Programs\Startup¨ folder in my batch program as the folder ¨user¨ will be different in different machines. What we do in situations like this?

I'm glad you asked! :Smile:
Use "%userprofile%". F.E.,

Code:

@echo off start %userprofile%\george\untitled1.exe

Hope this helps man!

Thank for the help...

[GeTaClue]

%userprofile% points to the user's directory so the redundant '\george' will make it not work. To get to the user Startup folder use exactly what's in the quotes "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" which you may actually have to quote it in your script because of the space. The system wide startup folder is "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" which you can use as an alternative.

[Deque]

The system wide startup folder is "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" which you can use as an alternative.

C might not be the drive the system is installed on. Although it is the drive most people use, not everyone does.
The Start Menu is in different locations for different Windows OS.

The Startup folder can be found at:

Windows XP/2003

Code:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Windows 7/2008

Code:

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Or user specific at:

Windows XP/2003

Code:

%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Windows 7/2008

Code:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

A general solution to find the Start Menu folder might be a query in the registry:

Code:

REG QUERY "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "Start Menu"

[ninja805]

%userprofile% points to the user's directory so the redundant '\george' will make it not work. To get to the user Startup folder use exactly what's in the quotes "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" which you may actually have to quote it in your script because of the space. The system wide startup folder is "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" which you can use as an alternative.

I did \george\ because that's where I keep my codes, haha. But there you go, that would work.

[GeTaClue]

%userprofile% points to the user's directory so the redundant '\george' will make it not work. To get to the user Startup folder use exactly what's in the quotes "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" which you may actually have to quote it in your script because of the space. The system wide startup folder is "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" which you can use as an alternative.

I did \george\ because that's where I keep my codes, haha. But there you go, that would work.

1. Not everyone else stores their codes in their %userprofile%\george.
2. He specifically asked how to get to the Startup folder, not the place where his codes are stored.

[ninja805]

%userprofile% points to the user's directory so the redundant '\george' will make it not work. To get to the user Startup folder use exactly what's in the quotes "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" which you may actually have to quote it in your script because of the space. The system wide startup folder is "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" which you can use as an alternative.

I did \george\ because that's where I keep my codes, haha. But there you go, that would work.

1. Not everyone else stores their codes in their %userprofile%\george.
2. He specifically asked how to get to the Startup folder, not the place where his codes are stored.

I was giving an example. I don't think many people have a 'george' folder. xD