That variable is supported on NT 4.0, and is a better way to do it. I'm really annoyed at myself for missing that, too!.

An even more important reason that this way is better is that although the user name is known, it's possible for one or more profiles to exist for a user. In my case, I have 'jcw' and 'jcw.000' as profiles on the machine, and 'jcw.000' is the active profile. If I were to use the username of 'jcw' to select where to write the profile, I would be writing it into the wrong directory.

Excellent call, the_slycer!

--Chris

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In reply to (jcwren) RE: (2) Windows convention for per-user config files for a Perl app by jcwren
in thread Windows convention for per-user configuration files for a Perl application by princepawn

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