Hey guys, i want to get the path to the %APPDATA% folder.
in win 2000 & xp it's in: C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data
in vista & win7 it's in: C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming
I know there is the function SHGetSpecialFolderPath but it retrieves a BOOL
and i want to get the path as a string.
can some one help?
The third parameter of SHGetSpecialFolderPath()
, named lpszPath
, is marked as __out
.
Something like this should do:
// Beware, brain-compiled code ahead!
wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
BOOL result = SHGetSpecialFolderPath( hWnd
, buffer
, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA
, false );
if(!result) throw "You'll need error handling here!";
std::wcout << buffer;
Note: I haven't done any Win API work in years. Very likely someone comes along shortly pointing out where I blew it.