Batch Scripts / Programs.

Thanks @ricardobohner,,

ricardobohner said:

My conclusion on this is that the "User Shell Folders" is not completly trustable to get the desktop path....

I really thought that I had added that the Scripts applied to the Desktop NOT being relocated. I will adjust Post #1 to state this.

The chkdsk wininit results also has the path error.

Hello @Hemimax,

Have you run the command that Matthew posted?
What was the result?

It could be because your Desktop has been Relocated to ANOTHER location, as stated in the previous couple of posts.

I will check but the others have created the output folders on the desktop.



I have tested some of other ones and so far only those two have the path error.

Matthew:

Matthew Wai said:

Consider using the following code to locate a relocated desktop:

Code:

Set "[#]=HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\"
For /f "tokens=*" %%# in ('"PowerShell (GP '%[#]%').'Desktop'"') Do (Set "[#]=%%#")
For /f "delims=:" %%# in ("%[#]%") Do (
For /f "delims=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" %%# in ("%%#") Do (Set "[#]=%[#]:~1%"))
Echo   The current desktop is  "%[#]%" & Pause> nul

My above code is different from the code written by Try3.

This is the FIRST time that a member has had a problem in the tens of thousands of times the files have been downloaded. I will have a look at the above code at some stage to see if it is also compatible cross-platform [ Runs on Win 7 & Win Vista ]. If you remember, I have mentioned and explained this to you before.

I thought that I had already added a note to Post #1 saying that the Scripts would NOT produce the correct results [ Folders & Files ] if the Desktop was Relocated, which I have now corrected [ My fault ].

Matthew:

Matthew Wai said:

Both codes will remove the junk character, if any, before the drive letter like the one below:



I don't know where the character ♀ comes from.
It is not a Greek character although the member runs Greek Windows.

Who is thana, and what has this got to do with this thread?

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Hemimax:

Hemimax said:

I will check but the others have created the output folders on the desktop.



I have tested some of other ones and so far only those two have the path error.

Which OTHER file was it please?

The chkdsk wininit

Sorry just trying to help, the SmartScreen was my bad. I don't know why a desktop would get relocated.

Thanks for the reply @Hemimax,

Hemimax said:

The chkdsk wininit.

I don't know why a desktop would get relocated.[/B]

The Desktop would NOT get Relocated by itself as it requires the User [ interaction ] to perform this task.

As the other Scripts WORK, then we now know that you have NOT Relocated the Desktop.

Very strange indeed. I ran the Script on my Win Vista, Win 7, and Win 10 machines earlier, and it worked on ALL of them.

Just those two so far, I will keep trying the others as time permits.
I do have some doc folders where I edited the mkdir so they would sync to onedrive, don't know if that is relevant.