SpecialFolderPath: Usage

Usage: SpecialFolderPath.exe [options] | [--nocreate] <symbol> 
where
<symbol> is one from the symbol named reported by --names (see below).

Note that specifying the "CSIDL_"-prefix is optional.
This tool prints the current contents of one of the Windows
special shell folder paths.
Use it from within your batch scripts in order to retrieve the various
system special folder paths of the current Windows installation.
If a folder path cannot be retrieved for any runtime reason, an empty
string is returned.

Options:
/?, -h, --help: display this help
--nocreate: suppress creating the folder if it does not exist already
            This flag only an effect when a symbol is also specified.
-d, --default: Use the default paths rather than the current paths.
               This is only signigicant for paths that the user has
               been allowed to move or rename.
-n, --names: Display the names of all supported CSIDL symbols.
-q, --query: Display the current contents of all currently existing
             system folders.
-v, --verbose: When used in combination with --names or --query, includes
               a description what each folder path should be used for.
--not2oem: Omit the conversion of the paths into the OEM charset.

Usage example for a batch file running under Windows 2000 or later:

FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%A
IN (`SpecialFolderPath CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA`) DO @SET DATADIR=%%A

This (merge both lines into a single line please) uses the new
backquote-feature of the shell to set environment variable
%DATADIR% to the path of the user's local application data directory.

Version 1.0.1.28
Copyright (C) 2003 Guenther Brunthaler

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