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GetPackagePathByFullName2 function (appmodel.h)

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Gets the path of the specified package, with the option to specify the type of folder path to retrieve for the package.

Syntax

LONG GetPackagePathByFullName2(
  PCWSTR          packageFullName,
  PackagePathType packagePathType,
  UINT32          *pathLength,
  PWSTR           path
);

Parameters

packageFullName

Type: PCWSTR

The full name of the package.

packagePathType

Type: PackagePathType

Indicates the type of folder path to retrieve for the package (the original install folder or the mutable folder).

pathLength

Type: UINT32*

A pointer to a variable that holds the number of characters (WCHARs) in the package path string, which includes the null-terminator.

First you pass NULL to path to get the number of characters. You use this number to allocate memory space for path. Then you pass the address of this memory space to fill path.

path

Type: PWSTR

A pointer to memory space that receives the package path string, which includes the null-terminator.

Return value

Type: LONG

If the function succeeds it returns ERROR_SUCCESS. Otherwise, the function returns an error code. The possible error codes include the following.

Return code Description
ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER
 The buffer specified by path is not large enough to hold the data. The required size is specified by pathLength.

Remarks

The packagePathType parameter is useful for applications that use the windows.mutablePackageDirectories extension in their package manifest. This extension specifies a folder under the %ProgramFiles%\ModifiableWindowsApps path where the contents of the application's install folder are projected so that users can modify the installation files. This feature is currently available only for certain types of desktop PC games that are published by Microsoft and our partners, and it enables these types of games to support mods.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 10 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2016 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header appmodel.h
Library Kernel32.lib
DLL KernelBase.dll

See also

GetPackagePathByFullName