RE: Need better ::GetWindowsDirectory() for Windows 2003 Server
From: Marc C (MarcC_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/19/04
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:00:02 -0700
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation() or SHGetSpecialFolderPath() ?
"Wayne Lenius" wrote:
> We have an application that needs to find a specific subfolder under
> Windows/system32. We want the folder to be the same regardless of the
> logged in user. Within our development environment we are using
> GetWindowsDirectory() and that returns the expected system path regardless
> of user. When testing under Windows 2003 Server, however, the returned
> system32 folder is under the Documents and Settings folder and is specific
> to each user.
>
> Does anyone know an alternative to ::GetWindowsDirectory() that will return
> the actual system path (i.e. c:\windows\system32\)?
>
> Thanks.
>
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