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Meta Folders allow you to enter abbreviations for system folders and bookmarks Wherever a meta folder can be used in the place of a normal path you can enter, e.g. <My Documents>\FileBoss Data 1) The complete meta folder name, e.g. <Windows>, <My Documents> 2) The abbreviated meta folder name, e.g. <W>, <MD> or <w>, <md> 3) A Bookmark name, e.g. <predfinded bookmark>. See Using Bookmarks for more information. 4) The special meta-folder representing the current system working directory, e.g. <curdir>. The current working directory is normally the folder from which FileBoss was launched but may have changed since the program started. The <curdir> meta-folder is really only useful in command line arguments when FileBoss is started with parameters.
Admin Tools (abrev: at) File system directory used to store administrative tools for an individual user. The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) saves customized consoles to this directory, and it roams with the user. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\ Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_ADMINTOOLS Admin Tools, Common Folder that contains administrative tools for all users. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_ADMINTOOLS App Data (abrev: ad) Default folder for storing application-specific data files. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Application Data Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_APPDATA App Data, Common Application data for all users. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA App Data, Local Default folder for storing local (nonroaming) applications. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Local Settings\Application Data Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA CD Burn Area (abrev: cdba) File system folder used to hold data for burning to a CD. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning\ Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_CDBURN_AREA Cookies (abrev: c) Default folder for storing Internet cookies. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Cookies Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COOKIES Desktop (abrev: d) Windows desktop: All of the items you see on the screen that represent real files and folders. See also Desktop, Common and Desktop Directoy. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Desktop Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_DESKTOP Desktop Dir (abrev: dd) Folder that physically stores file objects on the desktop (this may or may not be the same folder as the Desktop folder itself). See also Desktop, Common and Desktop. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Desktop Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY Desktop Dir, Common Folder that contains files and folders that appear on the desktop for all users. See also Desktop and Desktop Directoy. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\ Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY Documents, Common Folder containing documents that are common to all users. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS Favorites (abrev: f) Default folder for storing a user's favorite items. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Favorites Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_FAVORITES Favorites, Common Default folder for storing all user's favorite items. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_FAVORITES Fonts Folder that contains the font definition files. Example: C:\Windows\Fonts Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_FONTS History (abrev: h) Default folder for storing Internet history items. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Local Settings\History Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_HISTORY Internet Temp Files (abrev: itf) Default folder for storing temporary Internet files. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE My Documents (abrev: md) Default folder for storing documents. Note that this is usually different from the virtual My Documents folder in the name space (normally on the desktop). Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\My Documents Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_PERSONAL My Music (abrev: mm) Folder that serves as a common place to store music files. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\My Music Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_MYMUSIC My Music, Common My Music folder for all users. For more information, see CSIDL_MYMUSIC. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_MUSIC My Pictures (abrev: mp) My Pictures folder for current user. Typically located below the user's My Documents folder Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\My Documents\My Pictures Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_MYPICTURES My Pictures, Common My Pictures folder for all users. For more information, see CSIDL_MYPICTURES. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_PICTURES My Video (abrev: mv) Folder that serves as a common place to store video files. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\My Video Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_MYVIDEO My Video, Common My Video folder for all users. For more information, see CSIDL_MYVIDEO. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Video Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_VIDEO NetHood Contains the physical link objects that can exist in the My Network Places virtual folder. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\NetHood Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_NETHOOD OEM Links, Common Folder containing links to OEM specific applications for all users. Example: C:\ Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_OEM_LINKS PrintHood Folder containing link objects that can exist in the Printers virtual folder. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\PrintHood Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_PRINTHOOD Profile See User Profile. Program Files (abrev: pf) Program Files folder. Example: C:\Program Files Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES Program Files, Common A folder for components that are shared across applications. Example: C:\Program Files\Common Files Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON Program Groups (abrev: pg) Folder containing the user's program groups (folders). These are the entries that appear in the Programs section of the Start Menu. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Start Menu\Programs Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_PROGRAMS Program Groups, Common Folder that contains the directories for the common program groups that appear in the Start Menu for all users. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS Recently Used Docs (abrev: r) Folder that contains the user's most recently used documents. The entries in this folder are short cuts to the actual documents. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\My Recent Documents Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_RECENT Resources System resource directory. Example: C:\Windows\Resources Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_RESOURCES Resources, Localized Localized resource directory. For more information, see CSIDL_RESOURCES. Example: C:\ Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_RESOURCES_LOCALIZED SendTo (abrev: st) Folder that contains Send To menu items. Normally theses are the folders, both real and virtual, that appear under the Send To item on the Edit and popup menus Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\SendTo Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_SENDTO StartMenu (abrev: sm) Folder that contains Start Menu items. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Start Menu Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_STARTMENU StartMenu, Common Folder that contains the programs and folders that appear on the Start Menu for all users. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU StartUp (abrev: su) Folder that corresponds to the user's Startup program group. The system starts these programs whenever a user logs onto Windows NT®, 2000, XP or starts Windows® 98. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_STARTUP StartUp, Alternate Folder that corresponds to the user's nonlocalized Startup program group. Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_ALTSTARTUP StartUp, Common Folder that contains the programs that appear in the Startup folder for all users. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP StartUp, Common Alternate Folder that corresponds to the nonlocalized Startup program group for all users. Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_ALTSTARTUP System (abrev: s) System folder. Contains operating system files and application extensions. Example: C:\Windows\System32 Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_SYSTEM SystemX86 (abrev: s86) The x86 system directory on Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) systems. (Also valid on some recent versions of Windows where it is commonly set to the same directory as System. Example: C:\Windows\System32 Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_SYSTEMX86 Templates (abrev: t) Default folder for storing document templates. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John\Templates Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_TEMPLATES Templates, Common Folder that contains the templates that are available to all users. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_COMMON_TEMPLATES User Profile (abrev: up) User's profile folder. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\John Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_PROFILE Windows (abrev: w) Windows directory or SYSROOT. This is the same as the %windir% or %SYSTEMROOT% environment variables. Example: C:\Windows Programmer's symbol: CSIDL_WINDOWS Ref: Meta_Folders_Defined | |
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