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Obtaining the System and Windows folder names

Before you begin:

See also:

• How to get Special Folders paths
• Browsing Windows Known Folders (Special Folders)
• Retrieving default spooling directory

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Code:

DECLARE INTEGER GetWindowsDirectory IN kernel32;
	STRING @lpBuffer, INTEGER nSize

DECLARE INTEGER GetSystemDirectory IN kernel32;
	STRING @ lpBuffer, INTEGER nSize

LOCAL lpBuffer, nSizeRet

lpBuffer = SPACE (250)
nSizeRet = GetSystemDirectory(@lpBuffer, Len(lpBuffer))
lpBuffer = SUBSTR (lpBuffer, 1, nSizeRet)
? lpBuffer

lpBuffer = SPACE (250)
nSizeRet = GetWindowsDirectory(@lpBuffer, Len(lpBuffer))
lpBuffer = SUBSTR (lpBuffer, 1, nSizeRet)
? lpBuffer  

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Listed functions:

GetSystemDirectory
GetWindowsDirectory

Comment:

? GetEnv("windir")

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