title: What is the best way to get OS specific information in Java?
body: <ol>
  <li>Specifically getting on Windows the "..\Documents &amp; Settings\All Users, basicaly any path that needs the front end to be dynamically derived based on the OS your software is running on. <strong>(Now I need the answer to this)</strong></li>
  <li>the current users My Documents  dirctory <strong>(okay this has been answered)</strong> 
  and basicaly any path that needs the front end to be dynamically derived based on the OS your software is running on.</li>
  </ol>