Hi Neil,

Let me first give a "official" way to redirect desktop.
Do you know PowerToys from MS?

Update:
Choose Tweak UI
/Update:

Go to Node "/My Computer/Special Folders", the combobox "Folders" gives you a list of special folders, the button next to it will change the path.

The first reason to redirect is to move the whole user folder away from drive C:. This will make backup's much more efficient.
But this would keep Desktop inside userprofile.

Other reasons might be that you are serveral users on the same comp (Admin, User, Poweruser) for whaterver reason and like to have the same environment. An other might be that you like to have the same environment (or parts of it) on several comps. Or you like to have all userprofile but dektop and start on a server.

Agnes
>Agnes,
>Why would you redirect, and if so where to. And how would windows find its contents.
>
>>Neil,
>>
>>GETENV("USERPROFILE") + "\DESKTOP\"
>>
>>is only the "normal" location. One can redirect.
>>
>>Agnes
>>>Hi,
>>>A better way:
>>>

>>>lcFile="YourFile.doc"
>>>lnFileHandle=FCREATE(GETENV("USERPROFILE") + "\DESKTOP\" + lcFile,0)
>>>lnSuccess=FCLOSE(lnFileHandle)
>>>

>>>>
>>>>Thanks, Jill