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PostPosted: Dec 29th, 2003 06:51 PM    Post subject: Find the path of the Cookies folder Reply with quote

Code:
Option Explicit

Const CSIDL_COOKIES As Long = &H21

Private Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&

Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" _
                        (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation Lib "shell32.dll" _
                        (ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal nFolder As Long, pidl As Long) As Long
Private Declare Sub CoTaskMemFree Lib "ole32.dll" (ByVal pv As Long)

Public Function GetSpecialFolder(hwnd As Long, CSIDL As Long) As String
Dim pidl As Long
Dim Pos As Long
Dim sPath As String
     
    If SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(hwnd, CSIDL, pidl) = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
        sPath = Space$(260)
        If SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal pidl, ByVal sPath) Then
            Pos = InStr(sPath, Chr$(0))
            If Pos Then
                GetSpecialFolder = Left$(sPath, Pos - 1)
            End If
            Call CoTaskMemFree(pidl)
        End If
    End If
   
End Function

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim strStartUpFolder As String

    strStartUpFolder = GetSpecialFolder(Me.hwnd, CSIDL_COOKIES)
    MsgBox strStartUpFolder

End Sub

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