Desktop Registry Path issue

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sunny_novice - 21 May 2008 08:00 GMT

Hi,

I have got a problem here,
I assume that the Registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Desktop" is used to get
the desktop path for the current user.
But, I had a this problem on one Vista(Business Edition) system, there
was no "Desktop" key present under the
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\" Registry entry and
hence the desktop path missing.
Is there any explaination for this behavior, has it got anything to do
with the kind of user account ?

Regards,
Sunny

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Keith Miller (MVP) - 21 May 2008 18:40 GMT

That particular key exists for backwards compatibility only. The important
key is:

'HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders'

Do you have a value named 'Desktop' there?

I'm not sure if a roaming profile would affect the existence of this value
or not.

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Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

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> Sunny

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