AccessVialoation on SHGetSpecialFolderLocation

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From: George Francis
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:22

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Hello, I am trying to use the following code to read the user's Send To 
directory:

   char cBuf[MAX_PATH];
   LPITEMIDLIST pidl;
   SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_SENDTO, &pidl);
   SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, cBuf);

It compiles OK, but I get an access violation Exception on the call to 
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation.
Can anyone suggest why?

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