Re: [Mingw-users] libshell32 with SHGetFolderLocattion

[Daniel T. <ta...@wa...>]

Esa Vuokko wrote:

>     Daniel Taupin wrote:
> 
>     When I replace SHGetFolderLocation with SHGetFolderPath the "make" is
>     OK. But when attemping execution, I get a message (in French, i.e. from
>     Windows itself) that shell32.dll lack exportation of "SHGetFolderPathA"
>     
>     Would that mean that what I want to use DOES NOT exist in Win98SE (my
>     system) but only in Win2k/XP ?
>     (I have seen something like that in the description of
>     GetFoldderLocation or of the CSIDL...).
>     
>     In that case, is there a way of knowing these directories whatever the
>     Win9x/ME/XP/2k system (I ignore Win3.11 at present time...)?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> being quite ignorant what's the real issue, I just
> looked these functions up on MSDN.
> 
> 
>>From MSDN:
> 
> for GetFolderPath:
> Header shlobj.h 
> Import library shfolder.dll 
> Minimum operating systems Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95 


Exact. But in this case I get a Windows error since there is no 
GetFolderPathA  (there is in fact and exquivalencing in shellc.c/def) 
which is NOT in my shell32.dll !


> 
> for GetFolderLocation:
> Minimum DLL Version shell32.dll version 5.0 or later 
> Custom Implementation No 
> Header shlobj.h 
> Import library shell32.lib 
> Minimum operating systems Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition 
> 
> 
> So you need diffrent dll and import lib, I guess.
> 
> HTH,
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