SHGetSpecialFolderLocation

[maverick786us]

Can someone tell me which parameter do I have to pass in 3rd argument of using SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(...) function in order to retrive the "Common Files" Folder? (C:/Program Files/Common Files)

Thanks in Advance

[VictorN]

According to MSDN article "SHGetSpecialFolderLocation":

Remarks

With Windows 2000, this function is superseded by SHGetFolderLocation.

As for using PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE* parameter - see the rxample in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb757028.aspx

[Igor Vartanov]

retrive the "Common Files" Folder? (C:/Program Files/Common Files)

According to the MSDN article it's CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON (or CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMONX86 in case of accessing x86 folder on x64 system).