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Re: Download file from HTTP

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:54
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Carl Danley wrote:

>This SHGetSpecialFolderLocation()... what exactly does this do? 

Gets the path to one of the "standard" folders.
Since the user can move these standard paths around,
and the paths change from one OS version to the next,
it isn't good to use hard-coded paths to MyDocuments.

See for a list of these paths.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494(VS.85).aspx
Or a nicer (Vista only) page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762584(VS.85).aspx
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