{{tag>category:"OpenInsight 32-bit" author:"Barry Stevens" author:"Jared Bratu"}}

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==== Lesson learnt - Win8 (OpenInsight 32-bit) ====
=== At 21 NOV 2012 01:26:21AM Barry Stevens wrote: ===
 
 
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My first Win8 bomb out.



I have been creating a temp file in %HOMEPATH%:"\My Documents"

Ran app in Win8 and bombed with cant create message. Checked permissions, checked notepad save. all ok.

When into to c:\users\barry and clicked 'My Documents'..past saves were there, then looked at the top section of explorer and it showed c:\users\barry\Documents'!!!!!!



Changed to %TEMP% and all ok of cause.



Anyone know the environment variable for 'my documents'
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=== At 21 NOV 2012 10:42AM Jared Bratu wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>As you've discovered the folder name changes between Windows XP and Windows 7/8. The path isn't available through an environment variable but you can access it through a special folder reference as [url=http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3492920/is-there-a-system-defined-environment-variable-for-documents-directory]indicated here[/url]



If you need an example of how to access Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Mydocuments) using VBScript and the Windows Scripting Host object from within OpenInsight please let me know.

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=== At 21 NOV 2012 02:41PM Barry Stevens wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Thanks very much, but I might stick with the easy path I have taken. <s>

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