Re: How Getting ptah of <C:\Documents and Settings\alluser> folder

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:34

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"Colin B Maharaj" <noreply@myhost.com> wrote in message
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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

Rather than using the OS version, you should be using the Shell32.dll
version instead, since it is the one that actually implements the
SHGetSpecialFolder...() functions, and its version can be changed separately
then the OS version.  CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA can work on NT4 and Win95 if a
sufficient version of IE is installed.

>        strcat(s, "Documents and Settings\\");
>        strcat(s, "All Users\\");
>        strcat(s, "Application Data");

That path does not apply to Win9x machines.  There is no "Documents and
Settings" folder for the OS to use.  I mentioned the Windows folder because
that is where a lot of programs I have installed have all placed their
files, so why are you breaking out of the norm by doing something different?


Gambit

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