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Article #15247Re: SHGetSpecialFolderLocation still not functioning on Win 95!
From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:55
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:55
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"Jos" <josnospambranders@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:3f1127f1@newsgroups.borland.com... > I think you will very rarely find a system where the "Program Files" > folder is not the same as: > - the first 3 characters of GetWindowsDirectory() (i.e. the drive) > - followed by "Program Files" (even for Windows versions in other > languages!). Perhaps so, but the path is still user-configurable nontheless, so that is not a guarantee. > To change this, the user really has to perform some very > special tricks during the installation of the operating system. Or they could just install Microsoft's free TweakUI utility and then alter the path location on the fly using a simple UI that is installed into the Control Panel. There are at least 12 separate system paths that are configurable. Gambit
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