how to get the path of shared document folder

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Hi All,

I need to get the path of shared/public document in XP, vista and windows7.
please give me a code snapshot for this.

i am writing code in windows XP and the same code i want to run in xp, vista and windows7

Thanks in advance.

Posted 6-Apr-11 3:07am

Jayant Narayan Dash

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Hans Dietrich · Answer 1 · 2011-04-06T03:55:00

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Call SHGetFolderPath() with the CSIDL CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS.

See here for more CSIDLs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494%28v=VS.85%29.aspx[^].

[Note: ignore the nonsense about SHGetFolderPath() being deprecated. If you follow the advice in MSDN, your app won't work on XP or earlier systems.]

Posted 6-Apr-11 3:55am

Hans Dietrich

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Apr-11 18:56pm

Correct (especially with the reference to the CLSID). My 5.
Obsolete SHGetFolderPath is a problem. What, is it invalid for Windows 7? Similar .NET GetFolderPath does work correctly on all systems I know...
--SA

Hans Dietrich 6-Apr-11 22:09pm

No, SHGetFolderPath works fine on Win7. It's the MS-recommended alternative that does not work prior to Vista.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Apr-11 0:00am

Thank you for your answer, Hans. That's what I say: would require different code for XP and Windows 7. It's easy to implement but... just sad :=<.
--SA

Hans Dietrich 7-Apr-11 0:21am

It's sad, pathetic, idiotic. I run out of words to describe.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Apr-11 0:37am

Must die.

Jayant Narayan Dash 7-Apr-11 1:32am

Thanks to all of you for your valuable reply...