Ah k, if the username is the issue, the system global var (at least on win
7, cant check on xp) is $USERNAME and should contain the current username.
Might make it possible to hit it directly using the system global.
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Thanks. I can narrow it down. This is very helpful.
>
> Bill Vlahos
>
> On May 11, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>
> > If you can narrow down the places to search, you can do this with a shell
> > command. You could technically do the whole drive, but it would be way
> too
> > slow to be worthwhile, but if you only have to search a small subset of
> the
> > drive it shouldn't be too bad.
> >
> > set the defaultfolder to "c:\where\to\start\looking"
> > get shell("dir /s filetofind.pref")
> >
> > So to find all hosts files in the windows tree
> >
> > set the defaultfolder to "c:\windows"
> > get shell("dir /s hosts")
> >
> > which returns parsable info as similar to the following.
> >
> > * Volume in drive C has no label.*
> > * Volume Serial Number is C44E-B22E*
> > *
> > *
> > * Directory of
> >
> c:\windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-w..nfrastructure-other_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_6079f415110c0210
> > *
> > *
> > *
> > *06/10/2009 03:00 PM 824 hosts*
> > * 1 File(s) 824 bytes*
> > *
> > *
> > * Total Files Listed:*
> > * 1 File(s) 824 bytes*
> > * 0 Dir(s) 858,688,282,624 bytes free*
> >
> >
> > A whole drive search with this method takes way too long. I also wonder
> if
> > there is a registry key that will point you the right direction instead.
> >
> > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I wouldn't try to search for it if I were you. Just check for the OS and
> >> conditionally set the path accordingly. If it could be ANYWHERE, than
> that
> >> begs the question, what is it and who put it there?
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 11, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
> >>
> >>> I want to modify a prefs file on XP and Windows 7 computers. Since the
> >> file could be in different places I can't count on knowing the path to
> it.
> >> How do I execute a search for the file by name in LC and get the path to
> it?
> >>>
> >>> The file would only be on the user's hard disk not on any mounted
> servers
> >> so I want to restrict the search to just the user's drive.
> >>>
> >>> Bill Vlahos
> >>>
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