Change SaveDir to MyDocuments Path under Vista

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Change SaveDir to MyDocuments Path under Vista #251311 02/12/09 14:31 02/12/09 14:31
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 324 Germany M maybenew OP Senior Member
maybenew OP Senior Member M Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 324 Germany	I need to change the SaveDir at after launching the engine to the Users My Documents directory. Is there any way to do that? is save_dir read only?

Re: Change SaveDir to MyDocuments Path under Vista [Re: maybenew] #251315 02/12/09 14:45 02/12/09 14:45
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,439 Red Dwarf Michael_Schwarz Senior Expert
Michael_Schwarz Senior Expert Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,439 Red Dwarf	str_cpy(save_dir, "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Bla\\Documents"); Last edited by Michael_Schwarz; 02/12/09 14:45. "Sometimes JCL reminds me of Notch, but more competent" ~ Kiyaku

Re: Change SaveDir to MyDocuments Path under Vista [Re: Michael_Schwarz] #251318 02/12/09 14:51 02/12/09 14:51
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,838 take me down to the paradise c... Cowabanga Expert
Cowabanga Expert Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,838 take me down to the paradise c...	Originally Posted By: Michael_Schwarz str_cpy(save_dir, "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Bla\\Documents"); Wrong. "C:\\Users\\Bla\\Documents".

Re: Change SaveDir to MyDocuments Path under Vista [Re: Cowabanga] #251322 02/12/09 15:01 02/12/09 15:01
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,210 İstanbul, Turkey Quad Senior Expert
Quad Senior Expert Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,210 İstanbul, Turkey	differs from xp to vista i dont know if that works in GS but you can try enviroment variables like %USERPROFILE% %HOME_DIR% ->(im not sure about that check it.) 3333333333

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