API -> GetWindowsDirectory [ Library : kernel32.dll, Category :

GetWindowsDirectory

Library : kernel32.dll Category : _CategoryNotSet

Api Example(s)
Get the Windows main directories (without any API call)
Retrieve Windows and System directories
GetFileOwner - Get the owner of an NTFS file
WindowsDirectory - The path of the Windows directory
How to take ownership of a file/folder ?

API Description :

The GetWindowsDirectory function retrieves the path of the Windows directory. The Windows directory contains such files as Windows-based applications, initialization files, and Help files.

VB Declaration :

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Declare Function GetWindowsDirectory Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetWindowsDirectoryA" (ByVaL lpBuffer As String, ByVaL nSize As Long) As Long

Parameters :

· lpBuffer
Points to the buffer to receive the null-terminated string containing the path. This path does not end with a backslash unless the Windows directory is the root directory. For example, if the Windows directory is named WINDOWS on drive C, the

Return :

If the function succeeds, the return value is the length, in characters, of the string copied to the buffer, not including the terminating null character. 

If the length is greater than the size of the buffer, the return value is the size of the buffer

OS Requirement :

Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later
Requires Windows 95 or later

Dotnet Replacement :

System.Management.ManagementClass("Win32_OperatingSystem") System.Management.ManagementClass.GetInstances System.Management.ManagementObject["WindowsDirectory"].ToString