How to find "My document" folder by win32?

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Hi,
I have one script in win32 that must search for "Documents" folder in User folder.
How I must code that?
Regards,

Posted 8-Jan-13 23:37pm

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Jochen Arndt · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-08T23:53:00

Use SHGetFolderPath passing the CSIDL CSIDL_PERSONAL:

TCHAR lpszPath[_MAX_PATH];
::SHGetFolderPath(NULL, CSIDL_PERSONAL, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, lpszPath);

Posted 8-Jan-13 23:53pm

CPallini · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-08T23:55:00

Script?
Aren't you using C++?
However you may use SHGetFolderLocation[^] function.

Posted 8-Jan-13 23:55pm