Scripting Runtime Library

GetSpecialFolder Method


object.GetSpecialFolder(folderspec)

Arguments

object: Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.

folderspec: Required. The name of the special folder to be returned. Can be any of the constants shown in the Settings section.

Settings

The folderspec argument can have any of the following values:

Constant	Value	Description
WindowsFolder	0	The Windows folder contains files installed by the Windows operating system.
SystemFolder	1	The System folder contains libraries, fonts, and device drivers.
TemporaryFolder	2	The Temp folder is used to store temporary files. Its path is found in the TMP environment variable.

The following example illustrates the use of the GetSpecialFolder method.

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var fso, tempfile; fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); function CreateTempFile() { var tfolder, tfile, tname, fname, TemporaryFolder = 2; tfolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder); tname = fso.GetTempName(); tfile = tfolder.CreateTextFile(tname); return(tfile); } tempfile = CreateTempFile(); tempfile.writeline("Hello World"); tempfile.close();

JScript

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var fso, tempfile;
fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
function CreateTempFile()
{
   var tfolder, tfile, tname, fname, TemporaryFolder = 2;
   tfolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder);
   tname = fso.GetTempName();
   tfile = tfolder.CreateTextFile(tname);
   return(tfile);
}
tempfile = CreateTempFile();
tempfile.writeline("Hello World");
tempfile.close();

Visual Basic Script	Copy Code
Dim fso, tempfile Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Function CreateTempFile Dim tfolder, tname, tfile Const TemporaryFolder = 2 Set tfolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder) tname = fso.GetTempName Set tfile = tfolder.CreateTextFile(tname) Set CreateTempFile = tfile End Function Set tempfile = CreateTempFile tempfile.WriteLine "Hello World" tempfile.Close

Visual Basic Script

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Dim fso, tempfile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Function CreateTempFile 
   Dim tfolder, tname, tfile
   Const TemporaryFolder = 2
   Set tfolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder)
   tname = fso.GetTempName   
   Set tfile = tfolder.CreateTextFile(tname)
   Set CreateTempFile = tfile
End Function
Set tempfile = CreateTempFile
tempfile.WriteLine "Hello World"
tempfile.Close

Applies To:

FileSystemObject Object

Arguments

Settings

Applies To:

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