Actually, I just realized that the above could be made even more
efficient if instead of going to the clipboard, the folder itself was
opened. D'uh, that would save even more time since all I'd do with
the clipboard information anyway is to plug it into the address bar of
windows explorer. I keep thinking that vb capabilities in Outlook
don't include windows general scripting needs but that could be way
off.

In AutoIt, to open up a folder with a relative path, this is the
syntax, in an effort to illustrate the type of scripting in vb that
would be ideal to achieve:



ShellExecute(@UserProfileDir & "\Application Data\Microsoft
\Stationery", "", "", "open", @SW_MAXIMIZE)



Sorry, hope I didn't confuse the issue but it only occurred to me
several minutes after posting the initial message in this thread.
Both types of syntax would be great, clipboard and opening a folder;
it's just that the end result is to open an Outlook folder from within
Outlook off of a button with a vb script attached that doesn't have an
absolute path. That's all I have at present but have found all these
years of using this system that it's a pain to have to keep modifying
the paths every new place I go to! Half the time I forget and it's a
pain in the ... g

Anyway, thanks. Crossing my fingers that this can be done then I need
ever again have to update those paths!!! Wow, that would be really
neat.

Cheers! D