SpecialFolders Property


object.SpecialFolders(objWshSpecialFolders)

object: WshShell object.

objWshSpecialFolders: The name of the special folder.

The WshSpecialFolders object is a collection. It contains the entire set of Windows special folders, such as the Desktop folder, the Start Menu folder, and the Personal Documents folder. The special folder name is used to index into the collection to retrieve the special folder you want. The SpecialFolders property returns an empty string if the requested folder (strFolderName) is not available. For example, Windows 95 does not have an AllUsersDesktop folder and returns an empty string if strFolderNameis AllUsersDesktop.

The following special folders are available:

AllUsersDesktop
AllUsersStartMenu
AllUsersPrograms
AllUsersStartup
Desktop
Favorites
Fonts
MyDocuments
NetHood
PrintHood
Programs
Recent
SendTo
StartMenu
Startup
Templates

The following example demonstrates the use of the SpecialFolders property:

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<package> <job id="vbs"> <script language="VBScript"> set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Shortcut Script.lnk") oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1 oShellLink.Hotkey = "Ctrl+Alt+e" oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0" oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script" oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop oShellLink.Save set oUrlLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Microsoft Web Site.url") oUrlLink.TargetPath = "http://www.microsoft.com" oUrlLink.Save </script> </job> <job id="js"> <script language="JScript"> var WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell"); strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop"); var oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "\\Shortcut Script.lnk"); oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName; oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1; oShellLink.Hotkey = "Ctrl+Alt+e"; oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0"; oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script"; oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop; oShellLink.Save(); var oUrlLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "\\Microsoft Web Site.url"); oUrlLink.TargetPath = "http://www.microsoft.com"; oUrlLink.Save(); </script> </job> </package>

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<package>
   <job id="vbs">
      <script language="VBScript">
         set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
         strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
         set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Shortcut Script.lnk")
         oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName
         oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1
         oShellLink.Hotkey = "Ctrl+Alt+e"
         oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0"
         oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script"
         oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop
         oShellLink.Save
         set oUrlLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Microsoft Web Site.url")
         oUrlLink.TargetPath = "http://www.microsoft.com"
         oUrlLink.Save
      </script>
   </job>
   <job id="js">
      <script language="JScript">
         var WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
         strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop");
         var oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "\\Shortcut Script.lnk");
         oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName;
         oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1;
         oShellLink.Hotkey = "Ctrl+Alt+e";
         oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0";
         oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script";
         oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop;
         oShellLink.Save();
         var oUrlLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "\\Microsoft Web Site.url");
         oUrlLink.TargetPath = "http://www.microsoft.com";
         oUrlLink.Save();
      </script>
   </job>
</package>

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