# Localized folders

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/localized-folders/235
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [October 26, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/localized-folders/235 "2006-10-26T06:49:20Z")
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### Author: ![mhart](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/mhart/32/55_2.png) [@mhart](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/mhart)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/localized-folders/235/1 "2006-10-26T06:49:20Z")

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Hi:My work machine has WinXP in Spanish and the ‘My Documents’ folder is localized to ‘Mis Documentos’, but my portable has a multi-language WinXP installed and ‘My Documents’ is just called ‘My Documents’ (logical!)When I create a project to compile my Visual Studio 2005 projects I have to manually edit the solution paths.Is there a way I can get around this problem? Maybe using environment macros similar to PATH.TIA,Martin.

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/localized-folders/235/2 "2006-10-27T01:27:17Z")

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Hi Martin,  
  
Thanks for your email. I have a few ideas:  
  
One option is to define a FinalBuilder Variable (go to Tools -\> Edit Variables) to map to your My Documents directory (call it %MyDocuments% or something similar) and then insert it in the project paths wherever you need them ie (ie %MyDocuments%\Project1\MyProject.sln  
  
The other option is to make everything relative to the %FBPROJECTDIR% variable, which is the directory that the FinalBuilder project is in. This is actually the option I’d recommend, because I can’t see a simple way to get the My Documents directory path as an environment variable.  
  
Finally, you have the option of either using ''subst" to map the My Documents directories to a virtual drive letter (ie drive I:) and using that, or creating an NTFS symlink from My Documents to Mis Documentos (or vice versa), which makes the two directories look the same. These are Windows-based solutions (obviously), and you can probably find some information about either on the web.  
  
Regards,  
  
  
Angus

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### Author: ![mhart](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/mhart/32/55_2.png) [@mhart](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/mhart)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2006, 8:30am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/localized-folders/235/3 "2006-10-27T08:30:35Z")

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Angus:Thanks for the extensive and very complete answer.I am going to try solution 2 first and if that does not meet my needs, I try option 1.Thanks once again,Martin.