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From: Chris
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 03:31

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I can't find the actual name in that registry directory under XP at all.....


"Martin Nijhoff" <m.NOSPAMnijhoff@tba-tenNOSPAM.nl> wrote in message
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> How can I get the localized name of the My Documents folder?
>
> I use SHGetSpecialFolderLocation() to get the PIDL to the folder. With
> IShellFolder::GetDisplayNameOf() I can only get the file path to the
folder
> (which is D:\Docs in my case), but not the name that is used to display My
> Documents (or Mijn Documenten in dutch, Eigene Dateien in german, etc.) in
> for example Start | Recent Docs.
>
> I was able to find the localized name in the Registry:
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
> but this only works with Windows 98 I think...
>
> Is there another way to get the localized name for My Documents?
>
>
>

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