I am searching for a winapi function to expand paths with environment variables. I have tried <code>GetFullPathName</code> but the result is weird: <code>"%appdata%\something"</code> becomes <code>"C:\<path to directory of exe>\%appdata%\something"</code>. How to do this correctly?

Try <code>ExpandEnvironmentStrings</code>.

How to translate paths with environment variables (Eg. %temp%)

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I am searching for a winapi function to expand paths with environment variables. I have tried GetFullPathName but the result is weird: "%appdata%\something" becomes "C:\<path to directory of exe>\%appdata%\something".

How to do this correctly?

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asked Oct 03 '11 23:10

Zotta

2 Answers

Try ExpandEnvironmentStrings.

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answered Oct 05 '22 23:10

Raymond Chen

Cause I needed it with C#/.NET: Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables Method

I hope it'll help somebody.

answered Oct 05 '22 23:10

gimbar

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