ThinBASIC Core Language > BuiltIn Functions > System functions > System > System.Info

Description

Returns complete path to every Operating System special folders.

Syntax

sData = System.Info.SpecialFolder(CLSID)

Returns

String.

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Meaning
CLSID	Numeric	No	See OS Equates for possible predefined values

Remarks

See https://msdn.microsoft.com/it-it/library/windows/desktop/bb762494(v=vs.85).aspx for CSIDL additional information.

CSIDL values provide a unique system-independent way to identify special folders used frequently by applications, but which may not have the same name or location on any given system. For example, the system folder may be "C:\Windows" on one system and "C:\Winnt" on another.

Here the list of possible CSIDL values:

%CSIDL_ADMINTOOLS

%CSIDL_ALTSTARTUP

%CSIDL_APPDATA

%CSIDL_BITBUCKET

%CSIDL_CDBURN_AREA

%CSIDL_COMMON_ADMINTOOLS

%CSIDL_COMMON_ALTSTARTUP

%CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA

%CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY

%CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS

%CSIDL_COMMON_FAVORITES

%CSIDL_COMMON_MUSIC

%CSIDL_COMMON_PICTURES

%CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS

%CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU

%CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP

%CSIDL_COMMON_TEMPLATES

%CSIDL_COMMON_VIDEO

%CSIDL_CONTROLS

%CSIDL_COOKIES

%CSIDL_DESKTOP

%CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY

%CSIDL_DRIVES

%CSIDL_FAVORITES

%CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE

%CSIDL_FONTS

%CSIDL_HISTORY

%CSIDL_INTERNET

%CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE

%CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA

%CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS

%CSIDL_MYMUSIC

%CSIDL_MYPICTURES

%CSIDL_MYVIDEO

%CSIDL_NETHOOD

%CSIDL_NETWORK

%CSIDL_PERSONAL

%CSIDL_PRINTERS

%CSIDL_PRINTHOOD

%CSIDL_PROFILE

%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES

%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON

%CSIDL_PROGRAMS

%CSIDL_RECENT

%CSIDL_SENDTO

%CSIDL_STARTMENU

%CSIDL_STARTUP

%CSIDL_SYSTEM

%CSIDL_TEMPLATES

%CSIDL_WINDOWS

Restrictions

Some CLSID may not be present to all Windows versions. Please refer to the above Microsoft link for which CLSID is present with which OS version.