[SOLVED] GetUserDir gives wrong location
lazarus / 34-Windows

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Adrie · 2012-08-07 14:14

I have redirected the My Documents folder in WinXP to a network
location (F:\). All my data are stored there and my program should
find the data it neads in that location. When I go to My Documents in
any program I end up in F:\.

But when I call GetUserDir the function returns C:\Documents and
Settings\Owner\My Documents which is empty because Windows uses the
network location.

Is there a workaround for this?

Thanks in advance.

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typo · 2012-08-07 14:58

AFAIK GetUserDir asks Windows about the folder, so...

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Leledumbo · 2012-08-07 15:06

To be precise, it calls SHGetFolderPath with CSIDL_PROFILE argument.
QuoteBut when I call GetUserDir the function returns C:\Documents and
Settings\Owner\My DocumentsAre you sure? The function should return
only until Owner, the My Documents part is not included. As in above
URL, you could manually call the respective API with CSIDL_PERSONAL
instead of CSIDL_PROFILE to get your My Documents folder (a bit
confusing to read )

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Adrie · 2012-08-08 09:25

Thanks. You put me on the right track. De unit windirs.pp contains a
wrapper for the windows function. This works fine. The function
GetWindowsSpecialDir(CSIDL_PERSONAL) gives me the right location
(F:\).