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Since the location is start menu folder is different in
WIN98 and WINXP. I need a MSDOS command where i can
idetify the operating system and location of the start
menu folder in the batch file and copy my application to
the start menu
 
Vemulapalli said:
Since the location is start menu folder is different in
WIN98 and WINXP. I need a MSDOS command where i can
idetify the operating system and location of the start
menu folder in the batch file and copy my application to
the start menu
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Open a command prompt and type set
This will display the current environment variables.
Two of these will yeild the path you require
e.g. at a command prompt type echo %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Start Menu

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