https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=NT_Profile_Paths NT Profile Paths - Revision history 2026-06-02T09:16:01Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.17 https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/index.php?title=NT_Profile_Paths&diff=17925&oldid=prev Zinthose: moved Get Default Profiles Directory to NT Profile Paths:&#32;Expanded original into a collection of macros and encapsulated them into an NSH 2009-12-04T18:47:39Z <p>moved <a href="/Get_Default_Profiles_Directory" class="mw-redirect" title="Get Default Profiles Directory">Get Default Profiles Directory</a> to <a href="/NT_Profile_Paths" title="NT Profile Paths">NT Profile Paths</a>: Expanded original into a collection of macros and encapsulated them into an NSH</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; 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border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>         ReadRegStr ${_OUTVAR} <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">HKLM </ins>&quot;SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList&quot; ProfilesDirectory</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>         ExpandEnvStrings ${_OUTVAR} ${_OUTVAR}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>         ExpandEnvStrings ${_OUTVAR} ${_OUTVAR}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; 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OutPut: Profiles Directory = C:\Documents and Settings<br /> &lt;/highlight-nsis&gt;<br /> <br /> == The Macro ==<br /> &lt;highlight-nsis&gt;<br /> ## Windows 2000 and newer required.<br /> ## Retrieve the default path for user profiles.<br /> !define ProfilesDirectory `!insertmacro _ProfilesDirectory`<br /> !macro _ProfilesDirectory _OUTVAR<br /> !verbose push<br /> !verbose 0<br /> ReadRegStr ${_OUTVAR} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE &quot;SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList&quot; ProfilesDirectory<br /> ExpandEnvStrings ${_OUTVAR} ${_OUTVAR}<br /> !verbose pop<br /> !macroend<br /> &lt;/highlight-nsis&gt;<br /> [[Category:Disk, Path &amp; File Functions]]</div> Zinthose