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"CapStick" <lol@ljones81.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3ebe1bab@newsgroups.borland.com...

> Is there a set format for how this
> should be done in relation to my .EXE

Although you are technically free to put your new folder wherever you want,
Microsoft's suggests that user-related data should go in the following
folder:

    "C:\<documents>\<username>\Application Data"

Where <documents> is "My Documents" or "Documents and Settings" depending on
the OS you're running under, and <username> is the name of the user
currently logged in or "All Users" if the folder should be accessible to all
users rather than a specific one.

Have a look at the SHGetSpecialFolderLocation() and SHGetPathFromIDList()
functions.  Use the CSIDL_APPDATA or CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA flag when calling
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation().

> I would also Like To Password Protect this Directory
> and some or all of its contained files.

The Win32 API does not support that directly.  You need to use a Shell
Namespace Extension to handle that.  You would have to either write your own
from scratch (not a simple thing to do) or else find a third-party
ready-made extension.


Gambit