Why does GetTempPath always return short path names? Is there a way to return the long path name rather than subsequently converting the returned string with GetLongPathName?
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Why does GetTempPath always return short path names? Is there a way to return the long path name rather than subsequently converting the returned string with GetLongPathName?
GetTempPathis most likely returning the value of theTMPorTEMPenvironment variables, which (at least under Windows XP) are typically defined in terms of the short path name.Windows appears to convert to the short path name from the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environmentregistry key when initializing environment variables.