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From: Tony Toews on 27 Jun 2010 19:45 Folks I use CSIDLs extensively to get system folders. That is C;\Windows is *NOT* hard coded anywhere. <smile> However what about Microsoft Shared in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\? Is it really "Microsoft Shared" in non English OSs? Maybe I'm blind but I don't see ah appropriate CSIDL anywhere. Presumably http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494(VS.85).aspx is the office source. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Tony Toews on 27 Jun 2010 19:50 On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:45:44 -0600, Tony Toews <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote: >Is it really "Microsoft Shared" in non English OSs? Maybe I'm blind >but I don't see ah appropriate CSIDL anywhere. Presumably >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494(VS.85).aspx is the >office source. In a posting I found mention of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools Key: SharedFilesDir The poster checked both win2000 and WinXP (US and Swedish) Does that seem reasonable? Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Henning on 27 Jun 2010 20:06 "Tony Toews" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> skrev i meddelandet news:1uof26tndklcc4ot6h99sgqsgvcgl0r2rp(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:45:44 -0600, Tony Toews > <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote: > >>Is it really "Microsoft Shared" in non English OSs? Maybe I'm blind >>but I don't see ah appropriate CSIDL anywhere. Presumably >>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494(VS.85).aspx is the >>office source. > > In a posting I found mention of > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools > Key: SharedFilesDir > The poster checked both win2000 and WinXP (US and Swedish) > > Does that seem reasonable? > > Tony > -- > Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP > Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm > Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ > For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files > updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ > Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/ In Swedish XP, yes. Also be aware that we use x:\Program not Program Files, wich in turn often needs added "" surrounding paths. One sign is when explorer starts with Program as the dir, after some app has hardcoded an install to Program Files. /Henning
From: Tony Toews on 27 Jun 2010 21:09 On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:06:13 +0200, "Henning" <computer_hero(a)coldmail.com> wrote: >> In a posting I found mention of >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools >> Key: SharedFilesDir >> The poster checked both win2000 and WinXP (US and Swedish) >> >In Swedish XP, yes. Thanks. >Also be aware that we use x:\Program not Program Files, >wich in turn often needs added "" surrounding paths. One sign is when >explorer starts with Program as the dir, after some app has hardcoded an >install to Program Files. Oh yes, I'm using the CSIDL values for all these kinds of system folders. Which is why I was a bit surprised when I couldn't find the CSIDL for this particular folder. I just double checked. <smile> (I love MZTools for this kind of searching. ) Some of that code is ten years old. And yup, no hard coded Windows or Program Files anywhere. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Kevin Provance on 27 Jun 2010 22:07
"Tony Toews" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:k9tf26liu894gmk6sj3p9364htdlqp9dhg(a)4ax.com... : : Oh yes, I'm using the CSIDL values for all these kinds of system : folders. Which is why I was a bit surprised when I couldn't find the : CSIDL for this particular folder. : : I just double checked. <smile> (I love MZTools for this kind of : searching. ) Some of that code is ten years old. And yup, no hard : coded Windows or Program Files anywhere. Microsoft Shared is technically not a system folder, but a subfolder MSFT uses for their own wares under Common Files, which is a system folder (CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON) That said, it's not uncommon for the author of their particular app to retain the language of his home country. So "Micorsoft Shared" is *probably* that same, regardless the systems language. -- Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Bawwk! Paulie want a dingleball, bawwk! |