Home folder
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Revision as of 15:56, 26 August 2010 by Dan Polansky (talk | contribs) (+forum link; some new findings on how JRE determines the value of "user.home", thanks to the research of user bmaj posted to the forums)
User home folder
Finding out about the user's home folder, in which the folder ".freemind" typically resides:
In Windows: Run DOS console (Windows + R, followed by "cmd"), and type "echo %homepath%". To see the usual path to FreeMind home folder, type "echo %HOMEPATH%\.freemind". A related system variable is %userprofile%. However, Java may determine the value of "user.home" without the use of %homepath% and %userprofile%, relying instead on the location of user desktop as stated in Windows registry. Nevertheless, user desktop is usually located at the path "%homepath%\Desktop", so "echo %HOMEPATH%\.freemind" usually gives the correct location of FreeMind home folder. This is to be researched.
In Linux: Run a console and type "echo $HOME".
