App-V 5 variable to get Get current username

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  There is no token for the current username. Why do you need one? You could use %username%

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  Roy Essers

  Thursday, December 15, 2016 12:52 PM
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  I have requirement to create the shortcut to launch the MS Access file from userprofile on network path but I don't find the App-V 5 variable to get the username used %username% in the below shortcut path. It was not working for me when used %username% variable

   

  I know the variable to get SID for USER but not find the app-v 5 variable for username

   

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  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSACCESS.EXE" "\\test03\app1\Users\%username%\access\test.accde"

  Any work around?

  Thursday, December 15, 2016 1:52 PM
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  As I said there is no Appv5 Token for the username :).
  Instead of pointing to the exe directly, you could create vbs to start it for you, like:
  

  Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
  strUser = CreateObject("WScript.Network").UserName
  objShell.Run """C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSACCESS.EXE"" ""\\test03\app1\Users\"+strUser+"\access\test.accde""", 1, False
  Set objShell = Nothing

  
  

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  Roy Essers

  • Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee, Owner Friday, December 16, 2016 5:15 AM
  • Marked as answer by Simon DettlingModerator Saturday, December 24, 2016 2:11 PM

  Thursday, December 15, 2016 7:00 PM