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Asked: 2026-05-10T20:40:42+00:00

A customer’s application AppName has its configuration files stored in CommonAppData. Under Windows XP

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A customer’s application ‘AppName’ has its configuration files stored in CommonAppData.

  • Under Windows XP that is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AppName
  • Under Windows Vista that is C:\ProgramData\AppName

How do I get the correct foldername with VBScript?

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  1. Const CommonAppData = &H23&  ' the second & denotes a long integer '  Set objShell  = CreateObject('Shell.Application') Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(CommonAppData)  Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self  MsgBox objFolderItem.Name & ': ' & objFolderItem.Path

    The MSDN holds a page that lists the other Shell Special Folder Constants.

    This page is nice, too: Enumerating Special Folders, part of the Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide. (Link is now defunct, but the Internet Archive still has a copy.)

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