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    <p>I am working on writing into the shortcut directory of all users, and I have it working I believe but the way I am getting the paths don't seem right. And I don't know if it is the correct way of checking if the all users path is there or if there is a better way. This is suppose to be able to work on windows xp - windows 8. and from windows server 2000 - 2012. Here is the code:</p> <pre><code> int pathOne = 0; int pathTwo = 0; String allUserPath = ""; File sourceOne = new File("C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\"); if (sourceOne.exists()) { pathOne = 1; } File sourceTwo = new File("C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\"); if (sourceTwo.exists()) { pathTwo = 1; } if (pathOne == 1 &amp;&amp; pathTwo == 0) { allUserPath = "C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs"; } if (pathTwo == 1 &amp;&amp; pathOne== 0) { allUserPath = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs"; } </code></pre> <p>Update: Doing some research I found out that you can execute command line querys. </p> <pre><code> public static final String REG_QRY_CMD="reg query "; public static final String SHORT_CUT_REG_KEY="HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders"; String str = REG_QRY_CMD+"\""+ SHORT_CUT_REG_KEY+"\""+ " /v " + "\""+ "Programs" +"\""; </code></pre> <p>Now this will get me up to the current user's program folder: Example "C:\Documents and Settings\al\Start Menu\Programs" or "E:\Documents and Settings\meg\Start Menu\Programs" Is there a way I can slice this? to atleast get the "?:\Documents and Settings\"? That way I can atleast add it into all users instead of just the current user. This way it will be less guess work and slightly better. Thank you </p>
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    1. CO*"Getting the path to all users in windows"* What will the app. do for all users of OS X & *nix?
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    2. COThis is just for adding the shortcut's to all users versus just the current user.
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    3. COAre you trying to write an installer? Please don't do that (particularly not if you're writing it in Java when it's specific for Windows!). There are **plenty** of installers out there and some of them are even free. Windows has *specific* APIs for finding that path and doing anything other than asking Windows where that path is is pure guesswork and will break horribly on new versions, different language versions of Windows, custom installs with modified paths and all other kinds of (valid) installations.
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