All users path?

Question

In C# I can do the following:

DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ALLUSERSPROFILE"));

Which will get me the path to the all users profile.

In C++ I can use the SHGetFolderPath, but it does not seem to have a CSLID for all users. Is there an equlivant function that I can blow the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% out to its path value?

Answer 1

Use SHGetFolderPath with CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA. Or SHGetKnownFolderPath since Vista with FOLDERID_ProgramData.

Alternatively, use the .NET native Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData)