Re: [GD-Windows] Security/access when writing to registry

[Matthijs H. <mat...@al...>]

> The problem with HKCU is that, well, it's per user.

I don't know if you can do this with the registry. There is,
however, a "common data" folder on most Windows systems. For
example, on my WinXP box it is "C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data".

You can get it with SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(...,
CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, ...). In case you have old headers, the
corresponding numeric value is 0x23. There is also a
CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS folder (0x2e).

This appears to work on all versions of Windows, except NT4
(depending on the version of Internet Explorer that is installed).
In that case, you can get the location of this folder from the
registry key
"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders". Not a very clean solution, I know.

Hope it helps,
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Matthijs Hollemans
www.allyoursoftware.com