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On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 15:36:15 +0100, "PaoloItaly"
<paolot@FAKETHESPAMMERsirius-es.it> wrote:

>> How can I find the name of the 'program files' directory?
>
>Look at SHGetSpecialFolderPath()
>

I couldn't find that function, but did find SHGetSpecilaFolderLocation().
However, when I try to include shlobj.h in order to use it, I get a compiler
error.
[C++ Error] shobjidl.h(2193): E2238 Multiple declaration for 'FOLDERSETTINGS'
[C++ Error] shobjidl.h(8095): E2238 Multiple declaration for 'DESKBANDINFO'
[C++ Error] shlobj.h(1422): E2238 Multiple declaration for 'FVSHOWINFO'
[C++ Error] shlobj.h(3457): E2238 Multiple declaration for 'SHELLFLAGSTATE'

This is the code:
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#include <vcl.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <shlobj.h>
#pragma hdrstop
#include "Unit1.h"
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#pragma package(smart_init)


AnsiString GetSpecialFolderPath(int nFolder)
{
AnsiString retPath;
char szPath[_MAX_PATH];
LPITEMIDLIST pidl;
 HRESULT hr = SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL, nFolder, &pidl);
 if (hr==NOERROR && SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, szPath))
  retPath=szPath;
 // Allocate a pointer to an IMalloc interface
 LPMALLOC pMalloc;
 // Get the address of our task allocator's IMalloc interface
 hr = SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc);
 // Free the item ID list allocated by SHGetSpecialFolderLocation
 pMalloc->Free(pidl);
 // Free our task allocator
 pMalloc->Release();
return retPath;
}