JCL Help:GetCommonFilesFolder

 JCL Help: GetCommonFilesFolder Function

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SystemInformationRoutines.CommonFolders

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Summary

Returns the Windows Common Files directory.

Pascal

 function GetCommonFilesFolder: string;

Return Value

The Windows Common Files folder. If the function fails it returns an empty string.

Description

GetCommonFilesFolder returns the Windows Common Files folder as read from the registry. On a default installation of Windows 2000/XP/Vista this is a string such as c:Program FilesCommon Files.

See Also

GetProgramFilesFolder

About

Unit

JclSysInfo

Donator

Carl Clark

Notes

You can use the SHGetFolderPath API function to get many more common directories.

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