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LPITEMIDLIST pidl;<br />
char buf[520];<br />
<br />
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation<wbr />(hwnd, CSIDL_DESKTOP, &amp;pidl);<br />
SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, buf);<br />
<br />
MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP<wbr />, 0, buf, -1, wsz, MAX_PATH);<br />
<br />
Good luck
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LPITEMIDLIST pidl;
char buf[520];

SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(hwnd, CSIDL_DESKTOP, &pidl);
SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, buf);

MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, buf, -1, wsz, MAX_PATH);

Good luck

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ryancys mentioned the same in the VB code.<br />
Rosh :)
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ryancys mentioned the same in the VB code.
Rosh :)

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Use this<br />
<br />
Dim WSHShell as Object<br />
dim DesktopPath as string<br />
<br />
&nbsp; Set WSHShell = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shel<wbr />l&quot;)<br />
&nbsp; if (not WSHShell is nothing) then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DesktopPath = WSHShell.SpecialFolders(&quot;D<wbr />esktop&quot;)<br />
&nbsp; end if<br />
<br />
You can retrieve other windows folders also<br />
<br />
AllUsersDesktop<br />
AllUsersStartMenu<br />
AllUsersPrograms<br />
AllUsersStartup<br />
Desktop<br />
Favorites<br />
Fonts<br />
MyDocuments<br />
NetHood<br />
PrintHood<br />
Programs<br />
Recent<br />
SendTo<br />
StartMenu<br />
Startup<br />
Templates 
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Use this

Dim WSHShell as Object
dim DesktopPath as string

  Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
  if (not WSHShell is nothing) then
      DesktopPath = WSHShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
  end if

You can retrieve other windows folders also

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

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vkaushik: can you please tell me how is your answer different from mine? 
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vkaushik: can you please tell me how is your answer different from mine?

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I am trying to copy a file from one location to the desktop. But I am facing problem to get the path of desktop since the path of desktop is different from each other.<br />
This Window function is used.<br />
(CopyFile (&quot;File.txt&quot;, &quot;Special\\NewFile.txt&quot;, FALSE))<br />
<br />
Can anyone help?<br />
thanx
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I am trying to copy a file from one location to the desktop. But I am facing problem to get the path of desktop since the path of desktop is different from each other.
This Window function is used.
(CopyFile ("File.txt", "Special\\NewFile.txt", FALSE))

Can anyone help?
thanx

Getting Deskstop Path

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