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On Microsoft Windows, Known Folders are constants that represents folders with a special meaning. Examples: Desktop, Program files, Control Panel, Favorites, ... As of Windows Vista, Known Folders replaces the Special Folders (CSIDL) functionality.

MSDN description:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb776911.aspx

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C# get location of knownfolder by ID

I want to get the location of a directory/folder by its ID. For example, the Downloads folder has the ID knownfolder:{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}, when I enter it into the address bar of windows explorer, it redirects my to the downloads…
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SHGetKnownFolderPath / Environment.GetFolderPath() returning wrong value for public documents

I got a somewhat strange error when trying to resolve the CommonDocuments directory. It keeps resolving to the wrong directory, after the CommonDocuments directory has been redirected / moved to a new location using Windows Explorer…
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SHGetFolderPath Deprecated: What is alternative to retrieve path for Windows folders?

The SHGetFolderPath() function is deprecated beginning with Windows Vista: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762181%28v=VS.85%29.aspx What is the alternative way to retrieve the path to the Application Folder in…
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How to get folder path from Known folder GUID in Delphi

I have a KNOWNFOLDERID and I would like to know the corresponding path like C:....\folder. KNOWNFOLDERID can be found here. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762584%28VS.85%29.aspx I d like to use win api (I don't want to build an array…
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How to enable DocumentsLibrary capability in a Windows store (WinRT) app?

I just created a new blank XAML/C# Windows Store app in Visual Studio. I tried to create a file in the Documents folder with this code: // DEBUG ONLY: StorageFile file = await KnownFolders.DocumentsLibrary.CreateFileAsync("Hey lol.txt"); But it…
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Is there a definitive guide for special folders in windows?

Is there a definitive guide for special folders in windows? An internet search yielded just a few crumbs of information, e.g. Wikipedia:Special Folders Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program What I'm looking for is an explanation of each folder,…
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How to get 64bit system folder in a 32bit application?

In a 32bit application, I have to copy a file to the 64bit system folder (C:\Windows\System32\ instead of C:\Windows\SysWOW64\) For this, I tried to get the folder using the WinAPI function SHGetKnownFolderPath with parameter…
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Unable to call SHGetKnownFolderPath() even with #include and #pragma comment (lib, "Shell32.lib")

(Visual Studio 2010 / Visual C++ / Windows 7) example.cpp: #include #pragma comment (lib, "Shell32.lib") ... void example() { SHGetKnownFolderPath(...) // undefined } I'm doing everything according to documentation and what I see…
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How can I use powershell to call SHGetKnownFolderPath?

I'm a total noob on windows powershell. How can I use psl to call SHGetKnownFolderPath ? I want to then also call SHSetKnownFolderPath if I dont like some of the values back from Get call.
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How to get known paths for linux

Windows has a concept of a Known Path with functions to retrieve them without hard-coding a path: #include #include #include //... std::filesystem::path GetAppDataPath() { namespace FS = std::filesystem; …
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Programmatically get list of installed application executables (Windows10, C#)

I want to get a list of applications that are installed and executable on Windows 10 -- i.e. executables of applications a user can launch (UWP and non-UWP). For UWP apps, I want to get its AppUserModelId. For non-UWP apps, I want to get the…
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How To Use the SHGetKnownFolderPath Function from Vb6

I am currently adding Windows 7 support to an existing Vb6 project and I have ran into a problem with locating special folder paths using SHGetFolderPath which is not supported on Windows versions starting with Vista. I know I should use…
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Calling SHGetKnownFolderPath from C code

I'm trying to call the Vista function SHGetKnownFolderPath() from C using Visual Studio 2008. The code works fine as C++ but refuses to compile as C code with this output: xyz\indexwiki.cpp(316) : error C2440: 'function' : cannot convert from …
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Windows Special and Known Folders from python (Start Menu, Downloads, ...)

What is the best method to determine the path of Windows special-folders and known-folders in python? I've uncovered a couple of popular methods for SpecialFolders, a.k.a CSIDL, but nothing straightforward yet for KNOWNFOLDERID. Backwards…
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SHGetKnownFolderPath: ambiguous symbol 'IServiceProvider'?

I'm trying to create a folder for my app in /AppData/local so that i can save some ini files in it, i tried to get the Destination path using: #include if (SHGetKnownFolderPath (FOLDERID_LocalAppData, 0, NULL, &tempPath) ==…
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