Finding My Documents

Maybe you could use the SHGetFolderPathA function from shell32.decls ? Here is the msdn description:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms647764.aspx

;Save these lines as a textfile in the directory c:\program files\blitz3d\userlibs
;and call the file 'shell32.decls'
;-------------------------------------
;.lib "shell32.dll"

;api_GetFolderPath%(hwnd, p1, p2, p3, out*) : "SHGetFolderPathA"
;-------------------------------------
;it will enable the api_getfolderpath command


	Print GetMyDocumentsPath$()
	
	WaitKey()	
	End

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;											GetMyDocumentsPath()
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;uses SHGetFolderPathA to get the mydocuments folder
Function GetMyDocumentsPath$()

	bank = CreateBank(256)
	
	api_GetFolderPath(0, $5, 0, 0, bank)
	
	s$ = ""
	For i = 0 To 255
		b = PeekByte(bank, i)
		If b = 0 Then Exit
		s$ = s$ + Chr$(b)
	Next
	
	FreeBank bank
	
	If Right$(s$, 1) <> "" Then s$ = s$ + ""
	
	Return s$
	
End Function