%USERPROFILE% in File URI Link in Notepad++

xmatic

I have this link in a text file in Notepad++:

file:///C:/Users/john.doe/some_folder/test%20file.bat

It uses the three slashes convention File URI Scheme to create a link in a text file in Notepad++

If I double-click on this link, it runs the linked batch file.

I want to change this link to:

file:///%USERPROFILE%/some_folder/test%20file.bat

This doesn’t work.

Is there some character I can add or remove or escape to make it work?

xmatic

Just wanted to add:

Windows 10 here. Using Notepad++ 7.5.9 obtained from the Microsoft Store.

%USERPROFILE% is a Windows environment variable.

Alan Kilborn

@xmatic said in %USERPROFILE% in File URI Link in Notepad++:

Using Notepad++ 7.5.9 obtained from the Microsoft Store.

Don’t do this.

As you’ve already discovered, Notepad++ doesn’t interpret “variables” such as these the same as Windows itself does. There is no workaround.

xmatic

Thanks.

(The only reason I’m using the Microsoft Store version is that this is a work laptop and I don’t have admin privileges to otherwise make a portable install of Notepad++ the default text file handler. But your point is noted.)