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Old 01-05-2006, 06:30 AM
David Candy
 
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Default Re: 2 shortcut questions

You should try reading as you are just wrong.

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"SeaMaid" <seamaid24-graphics@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ePMwc%23gzFHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> QUESTION 1
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> Thanks for that great answer! I may need to eliminate duplicate shortcuts on
> the Start Menu and Favorites menu. I also have several custom folders with
> special icons and accompanying desktop.ini files. Each of the icons and the
> desktop.ini files takes a minimum of 4kb, so I may want to rethink having so
> many colored and custom folders.
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> QUESTION 2
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> %HOMEDRIVE% and %SYSTEMDRIVE% both point to the C drive. That would not work
> on the D drive and other drives, which is what I'm looking for.
>
> %HOMEPATH% would not work. It points to C:\Documents and
> Settings\[UserProfile]
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> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OXSmdQczFHA.664@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> QUESTION #2
>> Try
>> %HOMEDRIVE% The user's home directory's drive letter.
>> %homepath% The path to the user's home directory.
>> %SystemDrive% The drive containing the Windows XP root directory.
>>
>> Type %HOMEDRIVE% into Start | Run to see what opens.
>> Type %homepath% into Start | Run to see what opens.
>> Type %SystemDrive% into Start | Run to see what opens.

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