help moving folders to desktop i have a big problem

ok hello all thank you for taking your time to read this post
right im making a program that i want to release on the internet but i want to copy a folder to the desktop but this is the problem i have

my dir to desktop
C:\users\elfenliedtopfan5\desktop

if i release this on the internet not everyone username is going to be elfenliedtopfan5

for example some one downloads my program

and his computer name is ben
so the dir will be
C:\users\ben\desktop

how do i get my program to find the username of the computer i know a installer dose it like this
C:\users\userprofile\desktop

but that dont work in visual basic can anyone help me resolve this please :)

thank you elfenliedtopfan5

try this:

vb Code:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop)

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Originally Posted by .paul.

try this:

vb Code:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop)

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see i got told this on another forum how do you copy a folder and add this code to move it to desktop i get confused easily lol sorry im new to this

to copy a specified directory to your user's desktop (with copy dialogs):

vb Code:

My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyDirectory("source directory path", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop), FileIO.UIOption.AllDialogs)

dude i ****ing love you (in non homo way) also one more question it copys amazing thank you but it all the folders to the desktop is there anyway it can copy the whole folder to the desktop with out adding all the folders in the folder to the desktop individuality :) but thank you so much :)