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Hi Sam/Remy here is what I did. I looked for the version of the O/S if
a "better NT" version exists, I use CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA else I use 
CSIDL_PROGRAMS and get the drive letter and manually build the path.
With respect to <C:\Windows\All Users\Application Data> I just hate 
putting stuff in a sub directory in Windows in 9x/me so I did not do 
that but I put it in the same drive of WINDOWS like this.
Hope it helps...

//---------------------------------------------------------------
// Application path for App Data All Users for all O/Ss returned
// in char * s
//---------------------------------------------------------------

#include <shlobj.h>

  void AllUsersAppData(char * s)
  {
     LPMALLOC      ShellMalloc;
     LPITEMIDLIST  DesktopPidl;
     char Dir[MAX_PATH];

     OSVERSIONINFO osv;
     osv.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(osv);
     GetVersionEx(&osv);
     bool BetterNT   = (osv.dwMajorVersion >= 5);

     if(FAILED(SHGetMalloc(&ShellMalloc))) return;
     int nFolder;

     if (BetterNT == true)  nFolder = CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA;
     else                   nFolder = CSIDL_PROGRAMS;
     if(FAILED(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL, nFolder,  &DesktopPidl)))
     {
       *s = NULL;
     }

     if(!SHGetPathFromIDList(DesktopPidl, Dir))
     {
         ShellMalloc->Free(DesktopPidl);
         ShellMalloc->Release();
     }

     ShellMalloc->Free(DesktopPidl);
     ShellMalloc->Release();
     strcpy(s, Dir);
     if (BetterNT == false) // 9x/me maybe NT
     {
       s[3] = NULL;
       strcat(s, "Documents and Settings\\");
       strcat(s, "All Users\\");
       strcat(s, "Application Data");
     }
  }

//-----------------------------------------------------------

sam wrote:
> "Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message :
> 
> 
>>Incidently, on my Win98 machine, I have <C:\Windows\All Users\Application
>>Data> and <C:\Windows\Application Data> folders available, so you may
>>consider using GetWindowsFolder() as an alternative to
>>SHGetSpecialFolderPath() when needed.
> 
> 
> You mean GetWindowsDirectory() in place of GetWindowsFolder() for placing 
> application data for Windows 9.x and ME?
> Thanks for help.
> 
> Sam
> 
>