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I'm researching ways to locate so-called special folders such as "My
Documents", "<username>\App lication Data", etc. I've found references to
Application.Com monAppDataPath( ), etc, but those are too limiting.

I'm really looking for managed-code equivalents of SHGetFolderPath (). Is
there such a beast? Or will I need to do a DLLImport to get the flexibility
I need?

Cheers, Jon
Nov 16 '05 #1
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Have you tried with Environment::Ge tSpecialFolder [1]

[1]
ms-help://MS.NETFramework SDKv1.1/cpref/html/frlrfSystemEnvi ronmentClassGet Fo
lderPathTopic.h tm

HTH,

Ramiro

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I'm researching ways to locate so-called special folders such as "My
Documents", "<username>\App lication Data", etc. I've found references to
Application.Com monAppDataPath( ), etc, but those are too limiting.

I'm really looking for managed-code equivalents of SHGetFolderPath (). Is
there such a beast? Or will I need to do a DLLImport to get the flexibility I need?

Cheers, Jon

Nov 16 '05 #2

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