Re: How to determine folder type from PIDL?

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:00

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Martin Nijhoff wrote:

>How can I determine the type of folder a certain PIDL 'points to'?
>
>For folders listed under the 'My computer' folder, I can convert the PIDL to
>a path name and pass the path name to GetDriveType() to determine if the
>folder is a fixed drive, CD-ROM drive, etc.
>
>Is there a fail-safe way to determine the type of network folder?

Did you check out GetAttributesOf() ?

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