I have this plopped down on the top of my UDF lib

code:
	$HKLMS       ="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software"
$HKCUS ="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software"
$HKCUCPD ="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop"
$HKLMHDS ="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System"
$HKLMSCCS ="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet"
$HKCUSMWCV ="$HKCUS\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion"
$HKLMSMWCV ="$HKLMS\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion"
$HKLMSMWNTCV ="$HKLMS\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion"
$HKCUSMWNTCV ="$HKCUS\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion"
$desktop =readvalue("$HKCUSMWCV\Explorer\Shell Folders","Desktop")
$startmenu =readvalue("$HKCUSMWCV\Explorer\Shell Folders","Start Menu")
$favorites =readvalue("$HKCUSMWCV\Explorer\Shell Folders","Favorites")
$alldesktop =readvalue("$HKLMSMWCV\Explorer\User Shell Folders","Common Desktop")
$allstartmenu=readvalue("$HKLMSMWCV\Explorer\User Shell Folders","Common Start Menu")

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