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I believe there is a way to get to My Documents folder from Start > Run by typing something with a % symbol in it, but forgot how... something like %MyDocuments&

I don't know what these type of shortcuts are called so I cannot google for them

Hennes
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Just type documents. Windows will automatically open the My Documents folder in Explorer.

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This should work for every folder in your profile directory.

Oliver Salzburg
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  • This will do alright - but I recall the %folder% allowed you to combine with relative path like... %documents%\AutoHotkey\ to goto AutoHotkey dir? – Kairan Dec 10 '13 at 21:37
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    @Kairan: If you think there is a %something% for a certain folder, then that would be an environment variable. Just open a command prompt and enter set to list all of them. Personally, I don't have one for the My Documents folder. There usually is %USERPROFILE% on which you could build though. – Oliver Salzburg Dec 10 '13 at 21:40
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    @Kairan There are 2 ways to do it. If you want to use what Windows has provided, you can use %USERPROFILE% (which brings you to C:\Users\Username) and then add the folder as needed so %USERPROFILE%\AutoHotKey for example. Or if it is under Documents folder, then you can have %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Autohotkey. If you use this folder shortcut a lot, you can set a new Environment Variable. – Darius Dec 10 '13 at 21:40
  • @OliverSalzburg can you explain why this works? I notice it also works with any folder in C:\Windows – Zombo Oct 15 '14 at 03:33