You should be able to just call %userprofile%\desktop without having the c:\ at the front. if you open your command prompt and type in %userprofile% it'll then give you an error message but it will expand the %userprofile% to it's actual value. Hope that helps

Well, if you're concerned that your console window will close too quickly by running it with debugging (i.e. without prompting 'press any key to continue'). You can simply add a call to Console.Readline(); at the end of your Main function. This will keep your console window open until you press a key. for example:

    static void Main(string\[\] args)
    {
        //Do Work

        Console.Write("press any key to continue");
        Console.ReadLine(); //prevents console window from closing.
    }

Hope that Helps!

Have you considered using "Free Beer" as the title?