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Windows shortcuts and links

Where do I go to find all of the Windows shortcuts, or easy-links, or whatever they are called?

I am talking about the ones like %appdata%. I want my program to put a shortcut directly on the desktop using one of these commands in my Java program that I will eventually convert to C#. Is there a list of these?

Solution

  • Windows Vista and Later

    Environment Variable Path

    %ALLUSERSPROFILE% C:\ProgramData

%APPDATA% C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming

%COMMONPROGRAMFILES% C:\Program Files\Common Files

%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)% C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files

%COMSPEC% C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

%HOMEDRIVE% C:

%HOMEPATH% C:\Users\{username}

%LOCALAPPDATA% C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local

%PROGRAMDATA% C:\ProgramData

%PROGRAMFILES% C:\Program Files

%PROGRAMFILES(X86)% C:\Program Files (x86) (only in 64-bit version)

%PUBLIC% C:\Users\Public

%SystemDrive% C:

%SystemRoot% C:\Windows

%TEMP% and %TMP% C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp

%USERPROFILE% C:\Users\{username}

%WINDIR% C:\Windows