Windows 系统操作系列API-(1)-SHGetFolderPath

SHGetFolderPath/SHGetFolderPathW (VC获取特殊目录)

C++

HRESULT SHGetFolderPath(
  _In_  HWND   hwndOwner,
  _In_  int    nFolder,
  _In_  HANDLE hToken,
  _In_  DWORD  dwFlags,
  _Out_ LPTSTR pszPath
);

eg:

wstring strCddbCacheDirectory;

WCHAR szApplicationData[MAX_PATH] = L"";// MAX_PATH  == 512
HRESULT hr = S_OK;

// get windows application data directory
hr = SHGetFolderPathW(
NULL, // HWND hwndOwner,
CSIDL_APPDATA,// int nFolder,
NULL, // HANDLE hToken,
0, // DWORD dwFlags,
szApplicationData// LPTSTR pszPath
);

if (hr == S_OK)
{
strCddbCacheDirectory= szApplicationData;

}

key:

·        CSIDL_ADMINTOOLS

·        CSIDL_APPDATA

·        CSIDL_COMMON_ADMINTOOLS

·        CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA

·        CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS

·        CSIDL_COOKIES

·        CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE

·        CSIDL_FLAG_DONT_VERIFY

·        CSIDL_HISTORY

·        CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE

·        CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA

·        CSIDL_MYPICTURES

·        CSIDL_PERSONAL

·        CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES

·        CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON

·        CSIDL_SYSTEM

·        CSIDL_WINDOWS

Examples-2

The following code example uses SHGetFolderPath to find or create a folder and then creates a file in it.

C++

TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];

if(SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPath(NULL, 
                             CSIDL_PERSONAL|CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE, 
                             NULL, 
                             0, 
                             szPath))) 
{
    PathAppend(szPath, TEXT("New Doc.txt"));
    HANDLE hFile = CreateFile(szPath, ...);
}

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	Shlobj.h
Library	Shell32.lib
DLL	Shell32.dll (version 5.0 or later)
Unicode and ANSI names	SHGetFolderPathW (Unicode) and SHGetFolderPathA (ANSI)

links:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762181.aspx