in reply to writing to a users "My Documents" folder

Try getlogin 
my $login_name = getlogin;

my $path = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\$login_name\\My Documents\\";

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Re^2: writing to a users "My Documents" folder
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 28, 2009 at 10:09 UTC
    "Documents and Settings" can change, but %USERPROFILE won't
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