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Jaepil Kim wrote:
> Hi i have following piece of code.
> 
> When i do:
> GetSpecialFolderLocation(Application->Handle, CSIDL_DESKTOP, true)
> 
> On WinXP i get "C:\Documents and settings\Me\Desktop"
> but on Win98 i get "Desktop"
They should be different, however for Win98 I would have expected:

c:\windows\desktop
> 
> What am i doing wrong?
> 
> 
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> AnsiString GetSpecialFolderLocation(HANDLE AHandle, int SpecialFolder, 
> bool ForParsing)
> {
>   // Local variables
>   PItemIDList l_DesktopPIDL;
>   TStrRet StrRet;
>   PChar  P;
>   int Flags;
>   AnsiString * Result;
>   LPSHELLFOLDER IDesktopFolder;
>   bool l_FoundRequested;
> 
>   // GetDesktop's ItemIDList
>   try {
>     OleCheck(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(AHandle, SpecialFolder, 
> &l_DesktopPIDL));
>     l_FoundRequested = true;
>   } catch (...) {
>     l_FoundRequested = false;
>   }
> 
>   if (l_FoundRequested == false) {
>     OleCheck(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(AHandle, CSIDL_DESKTOP, 
> &l_DesktopPIDL));
>   }
> 
>   OleCheck(SHGetDesktopFolder(&IDesktopFolder));
> 
>   if (ForParsing) {
>     Flags = SHGDN_FORPARSING;
>   } else {
>     Flags = SHGDN_NORMAL;
>   }
> 
>   IDesktopFolder->GetDisplayNameOf(l_DesktopPIDL, Flags, &StrRet);
> 
>   switch (StrRet.uType)
>   {
>     case STRRET_CSTR:
>       Result = new AnsiString(StrRet.cStr, strlen(StrRet.cStr));
>       break;
>     case STRRET_OFFSET:
>       P = &l_DesktopPIDL->mkid.abID[StrRet.uOffset - 
> sizeof(l_DesktopPIDL->mkid.cb)];
>       Result = new AnsiString(P);
>       break;
>     case STRRET_WSTR:
>       Result = new AnsiString(StrRet.pOleStr);
>       break;
>   }
> 
>   IDesktopFolder->Release();
> 
>   return (*Result);
> }
> //-------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Programer - SplashMedia
> http://splashmedia.co.nz

It probably would be easier to use SHGetSpecialFolderPath or 
SHGetFolderPath as it returns a normal path. Notice that SHGetFolderPath 
requires you to distribute an additional DLL (ShFolder.dll) with your 
app for Windows 9x machines.

Eelke