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PathMakeSystemFolderW function (shlwapi.h)

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Gives an existing folder the proper attributes to become a system folder.

Syntax

BOOL PathMakeSystemFolderW(
  [in] LPCWSTR pszPath
);

Parameters

[in] pszPath

Type: LPTSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated string of length MAX_PATH that contains the name of an existing folder that will be made into a system folder.

Return value

Type: BOOL

Returns nonzero if successful, or zero otherwise.

Remarks

Note

The shlwapi.h header defines PathMakeSystemFolder as an alias that automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that is not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header shlwapi.h
Library Shlwapi.lib
DLL Shlwapi.dll (version 4.71 or later)