I’d like to find the directory of the current user profile programmatically in C++.
I’d like to find the directory of the current user profile programmatically in C++.
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I’d like to find the directory of the current user profile programmatically in C++.
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation is the best way to get at most of the special paths on Windows. Passed
CSIDL_PROFILEit should retrieve the folder you are interested in.If you are actually interested in the contents of the %UserProfile% environment variable you could try ExpandEnvironmentStrings