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How Can I Retrieve the Path to the Program Files Folder on a Computer?

December 22, 2005 Dec 22, 2005 12/22/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve the path to the Program Files folder on a computer?-- CC(image) (image) (image) Hey, CC. How can you retrieve the path to the Program Files folder on a computer? Well, to be honest, not as easily as we thought you could. If you’re trying to retrieve the Program Files path on the local ...

How Can I Add a Shortcut to the Quick Launch Tray?

September 1, 2005 Sep 1, 2005 09/1/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a shortcut to the Quick Launch tray?-- ZR(image) (image) (image) Hey, ZR. Before we answer this question we need to first answer a different question. And here’s the answer: Frank “Home Run” Baker, who led the major league in homers four times, even though he never hit more than a dozen home ...

How Can I Retrieve the Path to the %windir% Folder on a Computer?

June 1, 2005 Jun 1, 2005 06/1/05
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve the path to the %windir% folder on a computer?-- DS(image) (image) (image) Hey, DS. Interesting that you should ask this question. This same question happened to be asked on an internal Microsoft mailing list just the other day, and the answer given (not by one of the Scripting Guys we hasten ...