Winzip self extractor - Define current user

[teaboy5]

Hi

I am creating a CD with a zip file which will self extract.

I want it to extract into the users my documents folder without them having to select it manully.

Does anyone know how to define the current user so win zip knows where its looking?

I have checked %username% but it doesn't work.

 

[JayMax]

does %userprofile% work?

 

[IAmATeaf]

There may be a better answer but the only way I can think of is to read the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal and use that so you'll need to wrap the zip in something like vbs to pass the current users My Docs folder location.

 

[CliffyG]

"%username%\my documents" should do it.

 

[IAmATeaf]

"%username%\my documents" should do it.

Don't think so as that would equate to Fred\My Documents if the logged in username was Fred which isn't a valid path.

 

[--Mike--]

How about the whole path

c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents\

 

[CliffyG]

Thats a good point lol, put the wrong one in. Try %USERPROFILE%\my documents or %HOMEPATH%\my documents.

 

[teaboy5]

"%username%\my documents" should do it.

Have done that and it didn't work.

I ended up have to just extract them to the c:\ for the time being.


I will give home path and user profile a go tomorrow

 

[IAmATeaf]

Thats a good point lol, put the wrong one in. Try %USERPROFILE%\my documents or %HOMEPATH%\my documents.

Again these would only work if My Documents hasn't been moved, for example for my user My Documents is set to D:\Work so the above won't work. Safest way is to emcompass the extraction in say a VBS file that checks the users setting via the registry and then extracts the files using this folder location as a command line parameter.

 

[CliffyG]

Why again? Redirected my docs hasn't been mentioned. Obviously it wouldn't work if it's been moved.