SHGetFolderPath

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This code works for windows 7 but doesn't work for windows XP (outputs only part of startup folder path)

#include <iostream>
#include <shlobj.h>

using namespace std;
int main()
{
    wchar_t startupFolder[1024];
    HRESULT hr = SHGetFolderPath(0, CSIDL_STARTUP, 0, 0, startupFolder);
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
        wcout << L"Startup folder = " << startupFolder << endl;
    else
        cout << "Error when getting startup folder\n";
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

output is: Startup folder = C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\ <- cursor is here. Newline is not provided. Also I have russian window xp. I think this is unicode issue.

when I use wprintf I got: C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\???????? .....

Thanks.

As a temporary solution: After SHGetFolderPath I call GetShortPathName then I get path in msdos style: C:\DOCUME~1\Admin\5D29~1\4A66~1\60C2~1 Not really beautiful solution, but at least that is a valid path.

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