Re: CD to special folders in CMD via CLSID

Thanks for the useful help. But if the CD command cannot deal fully with a
UNC, I doubt it will work on these special folders.

/Al

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%2317jbs5lFHA.1480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Don't know any for cmd, but these work from Start | Run
>
> OE makes the links automatically, I can't get rid of them. Ignore. The
> wrap may also be funky.
>
> This pasted in Start | Run
> file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
> opens My Computer
>
> This pasted in Start | Run
>
file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
> opens the Control Panel.
>
> This pasted in Start | Run
>
file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
> opens Printers and Faxes
>
> This pasted in Start | Run
>
file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524152}
> opens the Fonts folder
>
> This pasted in Start | Run
>
file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
> opens Scheduled Tasks
>
> This pasted in Start | Run
>
file:///::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
> opens Network Connections
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:u20PV7kkFHA.3144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Michael Lueck <NmlueckO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> > A while back I found a syntax for getting to the special Windows folders
> > via their CLSID at the command line. I've lost that syntax / can't
> > remember what tool allowed me to discover that. Anyone else happen
across
> > that trick and remember it?
> >
> > --
> > Michael Lueck
> > Lueck Data Systems
> > http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/
> >
> > Remove the upper case letters NOSPAM to contact me directly.
>


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