GetWindowsDirectory Function

Declare Function GetWindowsDirectory Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetWindowsDirectoryA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long

Platforms: Win 32s, Win 95/98, Win NT

GetWindowsDirectory reads the path of the Windows directory. This is where Windows itself is stored, along will all of the little applets that come with it. Never assume this is "C:\Windows" because it doesn't necessarily have to be there. The directory is put into the string variable passed as lpBuffer. The function returns the length of the returned string if successful, or 0 if an error occured.

lpBuffer

String variable that receives the path.

nSize

The length in characters of lpBuffer.

Example:

' Display the location of the Windows directory
Dim windir As String  ' receives path of Windows directory
Dim slength As Long  ' receives length of the string returned

windir = Space(255)  ' initialize buffer to receive the string
slength = GetWindowsDirectory(windir, 255)  ' read the path of the Windows directory
windir = Left(windir, slength)  ' extract the returned string from the buffer
Debug.Print "The Windows directory is at: "; windir

See Also: GetSystemDirectory
Category: System Information

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