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How to get paths of the folders in My Computer
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Title: How to get paths of the folders in My Computer
uses
ActiveX, ShlObj;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
pShell, ShellFolder: IShellFolder;
pidl: PITEMIDLIST;
PMalloc: IMalloc;
sName: string;
EnumIDList: IEnumIDList;
pceltFetched: ULONG;
lpName: TStrRet;
slDirectories: TStringList;
begin
slDirectories := TStringList.Create;
try
SHGetDesktopFolder(ShellFolder);
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0,CSIDL_DRIVES, pidl);
SHGetMalloc(PMalloc);
ShellFolder.BindToObject(pidl, nil, IID_IShellFolder, Pointer(pShell));
pShell.EnumObjects(0,SHCONTF_FOLDERS, EnumIDList);
while EnumIDList.Next(1,pidl, pceltFetched) = S_ok do
begin
pceltFetched := 0;
lpName.uType := 0;
pShell.GetDisplayNameOf(pidl, SHGDN_FORPARSING, lpName);
sName := lpName.pOleStr;
slDirectories.Add(sName);
end;
ListBox1.Items.Assign(sldirectories);
finally
pMalloc._Release;
pMalloc := nil;
slDirectories.Free;
end;
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