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Jumperz Ko
Jumperz Ko

Reputation: 401

Batch - Open folder with unknown name

So I want to access this specific path 

c:\users\admin\social\profile\KoJumperz\pictures

but my friends name isn't KoJumperz so his path is not the same. His path would be

C:\users\admin\social\profile\JhonSmith\pictures

Is there a way to create a code that will open the first folder in my profile folder?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3005

Answers (1)

woxxom
woxxom

Reputation: 73566

  1. Start enumerating the folders and break the loop after the first iteration:

    for /d %%d in (C:\users\admin\social\profile\*) do (set profile=%%d & goto break)
:break
echo Using %profile%\pictures

    To get the 2nd folder skip 1 entry of dir listing:

    for /f "skip=1 delims=" %%d in ('dir /b /a:d "C:\users\admin\social\profile\*"') do (
    set profile=%%d
    goto break
)
:break

    Use skip=2 to get the 3rd and so on.

  2. Or find an environment variable that may be set on the user's PC, for example %socialusername% (the exact variable name can be seen by running set in command prompt console):

    echo Using C:\users\admin\social\profile\%socialusername%\pictures

Upvotes: 1

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