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GetSpecialFolder Method
See Also

GetAbsolutePathName Method | GetBaseName Method | GetDrive Method | GetDriveName Method | GetExtensionName Method | GetFile Method | GetFileName Method | GetFileVersion Method | GetFolder Method | GetParentFolderName Method | GetTempName Method
Applies To: FileSystemObject Object
Language

   * JScript
   * VBScript
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Returns the special folder object specified.

object.GetSpecialFolder(folderspec)
Arguments

object
   Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.
folderspec
   Required. The name of the special folder to be returned. Can be any of the constants shown in the Settings section.

Settings

The folderspec argument can have any of the following values:
Constant     Value     Description
WindowsFolder     0     The Windows folder contains files installed by the Windows operating system.
SystemFolder     1     The System folder contains libraries, fonts, and device drivers.
TemporaryFolder 2     The Temp folder is used to store temporary files. Its path is found in the TMP environment variable.

The following example illustrates the use of the GetSpecialFolder method.

[VBScript]
Dim fso, tempfile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Function CreateTempFile
  Dim tfolder, tname, tfile
  Const TemporaryFolder = 2
  Set tfolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder)
  tname = fso.GetTempName  
  Set tfile = tfolder.CreateTextFile(tname)
  Set CreateTempFile = tfile
End Function

Set tempfile = CreateTempFile
tempfile.WriteLine "Hello World"
tempfile.Close