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gretty · 17th March 2014, 22:38

Hello

I am looking to get the path to the current users %APPDATA% folder.

Note: I am aware of the variable $APPDATA BUT if you run your installer with RequestExecutionLevel admin then $APPDATA will point to the admins roaming folder and NOT the current user's app data folder.

I need to find out the current users %APPDATA% path so I can write files to their roaming directory. Does anyone know how I can find this out?

code:
RequestExecutionLevel  admin



Section "Main"

    MessageBox MB_OK "AppData is: $APPDATA" # knowtice that its the path to the admins folder not the current user's

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17th March 2014, 22:38	#1
gretty Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 20	Obtain Current Users %APPDATA% Path and not Admins Hello I am looking to get the path to the current users %APPDATA% folder. Note: I am aware of the variable $APPDATA BUT if you run your installer with RequestExecutionLevel admin then $APPDATA will point to the admins roaming folder and NOT the current user's app data folder. I need to find out the current users %APPDATA% path so I can write files to their roaming directory. Does anyone know how I can find this out? code: RequestExecutionLevel admin Section "Main" MessageBox MB_OK "AppData is: $APPDATA" # knowtice that its the path to the admins folder not the current user's SectionEnd