You'll probably have to pass it in as a command line parameter... However there may be APIs to return the current user's desktop directory... For example I think the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders will contain where the folder is and you can use registry commands like RegRead exposed in Wscript's Shell object to read it...
-Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bounce-nt2000-137542@;ls.swynk.com]On Behalf Of CHRIS H Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 9:33 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Re: VB Scripting Can you use the %username% variable in a vbscript? I want to save the shortcut to the user's desktop so I pathed it like: c:\documents and settings\%username%\desktop\shortcut.lnk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:32 PM Subject: RE: VB Scripting > if launching directly doesn't work, you can always use the > CScript executable for a console type launch where messages > goes to the command window or WScript where messages appear > as message boxes (GUI)... > > -Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:bounce-nt2000-137542@;ls.swynk.com]On Behalf Of CHRIS H > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:29 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: VB Scripting > > > This is a newbie (and probably stupid) question as I am just getting into VB > Scrtipting in my login scripts. > Can I call a vbs script from a batch file? I have WSH installed. Do you just > c:\filename.vbs or is there a certain syntax to call it? > > TIA! > > Chris > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
