JCL Help:GetProgramFilesFolder

 JCL Help: GetProgramFilesFolder Function

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SystemInformationRoutines.CommonFolders

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Summary

Returns the Windows Program Files directory.

Pascal

 function GetProgramFilesFolder: string;

Return Value

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

Description

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

See Also

GetCommonFilesFolder

About

Unit

JclSysInfo

Donator

Carl Clark

Notes

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

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