Obtain desktop path with batch
2013/02/04 12:25I havn't tested this in Windows 8 yet.
@echo off
call :GetDesktop
echo desktop path = %desktop%
goto :EOF
:GetDesktop
reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v Desktop | find "Desktop" > o.txt
for /F "tokens=2 delims=\" %%a in (o.txt) do set "desktop=%userprofile%\%%a"
del o.txt
goto :EOF