Name: desktop folder

Type: property

Syntax: the desktop folder

Summary: Returns the path to the current user's desktop folder.

Introduced: 5.0.2

OS: mac,windows,linux

Platforms: desktop

Example:
get the desktop folder

Example:
put the desktop folder & "/log.txt" into tLogFile

Description:
Returns the full path to the current user's desktop folder.

The documents folder property returns the path to the user's desktop folder.

This property is read only and is equivalent to the specialFolderPath("desktop") function.

References: engine folder (property), documents folder (property), home folder (property), temporary folder (property), specialFolderPath (function)
