How to get directory of Document folder in a non-MATLAB computer when using a fully standalone application?

Hi,

My fully standalone application prompts a message to choose where to save a file. When the message shows, the default folder which I want will be '....\My Document'. When I use 'uigetdir('Choose ') on my computer which has MATLAB it shows a MATLAB default folder '....\My Document\MATLAB'. So how about on a non-MATLAB computer? Will 'uigetdir' show '....\My Document'?

Welcome any helps.

Thanks.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Try this:

% Get the name of the user who logged in to the computer.
userProfile = getenv('USERPROFILE')
% Create a string to the "My Documents" folder of this Windows user:
myDocsFolder = sprintf('%s\\My Documents', userProfile)

In the command window:

userProfile =
C:\Users\Khanh
myDocsFolder =
C:\Users\Khanh\My Documents

Then you can call

usersChosenFolder = uigetdir(myDocsFolder);

Or you can use this: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/10867-uipickfiles--uigetfile-on-steroids

[Khanh]

Great. Thank you. It worked fine on my computer. I will check a standalone appication with your code on a non MATLAB computer and let you know it when I get result.