Is this the correct way of getting Desktop

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- Urled
- - Joined 22 Jun, 2011
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- 25 Oct, 2011
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I want to get the deskop path but the name is diffrnt depending on the language of windows. So i had to look up that name. Is this the correct way that works on all computers? Is there a better way?

-> Registry: Open key "Volatile Environment" under root HKEY_CURRENT_USER

-> Text: Set text to Registry.ReadString("USERPROFILE")+"\"

-> Registry: Open key "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}" under root HKEY_LOCAL_MAHCINE

-> Text: Set text to Text.Text+Registry.ReadString("Name")
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- tulamide
- - Joined 11 Sep, 2009
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- 25 Oct, 2011
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I wouldn't do so.

Just as in this thread, a day ago, just use the path object. It returns all system paths, like desktop, cookies, fonts, my documents, app data, etc.

It works independent of the system's language.
- Urled
- - Joined 22 Jun, 2011
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- 26 Oct, 2011
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Great! I had overlooked that!