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Stylo
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 Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:41 am Post subject: [C++] getting Windows Dir... |
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i was wondering ..
how can i get my WINDOWS Folder's Direction through C++
and store it inside a variable ?
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:44 am Post subject: |
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I'm sure registry is perfect for this.
Open regedit, and look around for the path.
And after you've got the name for the registry key, get it into C++ using the registry functions.
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Stylo
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: |
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is it the only way to get windows direction ? :\
aren't there easier ways?
anyway thx.. i'll try to figure out where the path is stored inside the regedit
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oib111
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:52 am Post subject: |
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Lol. There are APIs for this. I included this option in my program COMPINFO. Here's the snippet.
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LPSTR *lpBuffer = new LPSTR;
GetWindowsDirectory((LPSTR)lpBuffer, MAX_PATH);
cout<<"Windows Directory: "<<(LPSTR)lpBuffer<<"\n";
delete lpBuffer;
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| oib111 wrote: | Lol. There are APIs for this. I included this option in my program COMPINFO. Here's the snippet.
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LPSTR *lpBuffer = new LPSTR;
GetWindowsDirectory((LPSTR)lpBuffer, MAX_PATH);
cout<<"Windows Directory: "<<(LPSTR)lpBuffer<<"\n";
delete lpBuffer;
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Ah, I forgot that one.
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Stylo
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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i thought it's strange
must be easier way to get the windows path...
thx oib111 :] and Moller too
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | TCHAR tszWindowsDirectory[ MAX_PATH ] = {0};
GetWindowsDirectory( tszWindowsDirectory, MAX_PATH ); |
No need to use 'new'.
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I know. But I was using dynamic memory in my program (so that if you did that option like 5 times, you wouldn't have five variables declared in memory).
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| oib111 wrote: | | I know. But I was using dynamic memory in my program (so that if you did that option like 5 times, you wouldn't have five variables declared in memory). |
Just use one big variable to use everything for. ._.
You were only accessing one at a time, right?
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