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I'm trying to move a .vbs file with a .movefile line, and I want to give the .vbs file to my friends, but in order for it to work I would have to know what their usernames are.

What would I use to make the .vbs file know their usernames. Example: "C:\users\username\desktop"

Peter Mortensen
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To get the username of the person currently logged in:

strUser = CreateObject("WScript.Network").UserName
Bond
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In VBScript you can get the path to the current user's desktop folder via the SpecialFolders collection:

WScript.Echo CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SpecialFolders("Desktop")
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Use:

Set wshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

strName = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERNAME%")

That would store the username in the string "strName', so it would work like this:

x = messagebox("Hello ") + strName, 1, strName)

Or in your case:

x = messagebox("C:\Users\" + strName + "\Desktop\name", 1, "User name in C:\ directory below"
Peter Mortensen
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Luke Erickson
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    Is this a troll answer? And/or generated by a bot? Not actually tested? The result is likely syntax errors (can somebody confirm? Or otherwise). E.g., the parentheses are not balanced at all. – Peter Mortensen Oct 12 '22 at 22:57
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Copy and paste this code:

Set wshShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
User = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings( "%USERNAME%" )
WScript.Echo "User: " & strUserName
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    Is it not covered by [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/43198013/692942), other than `WScript.Echo` to output the variable what extra value does this offer? You could have just as easily amended the existing answer to include this extra line. – user692942 Sep 29 '20 at 16:14
  • [Another answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13620748/msgbox-vs-msgbox-in-vbscript/59669761#59669761) was completely bogus, so the confidence is not high. Though the referenced answer to this question could also be bogus (more or less random code that does not compile?). – Peter Mortensen Oct 12 '22 at 23:03