Re: SHGetSpecialFolderLocation still not functioning on Win 95!

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 01:11

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"Zack" <a@bv.com> wrote:

>I need to get the locations of special folders on all Windows platforms.  So
>I am using the SHGetSpecialFolderLocation and SHGetPathFromIDList functions
>which are supported on win 95 and up.
>
>This works fine on 2K, but when I test on 95 I have troubles.  Mainly - the
>call fails and GetLastError reports that the specified procedure could not
>be found.

>if( SUCCEEDED(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL, CSIDL_SYSTEM, &pidl)) )

Maybe nothing, but my help doesn't say anything about CSIDL_SYSTEM.
Maybe it was added later (after '95).

What's wrong with GetSystemDirectory() ?

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