GetDefaultUserProfileDirectoryW function (userenv.h)
Retrieves the path to the root of the default user's profile.
Syntax
USERENVAPI BOOL GetDefaultUserProfileDirectoryW(
[out, optional] LPWSTR lpProfileDir,
[in, out] LPDWORD lpcchSize
);
Parameters
[out, optional] lpProfileDir
Type: LPTSTR
A pointer to a buffer that, when this function returns successfully, receives the path to the default user's profile directory. Set this value to NULL to determine the required size of the buffer.
[in, out] lpcchSize
Type: LPDWORD
Specifies the size of the lpProfileDir buffer, in TCHARs.
If the buffer specified by lpProfileDir is not large enough or lpProfileDir is NULL, the function fails and this parameter receives the necessary buffer size, including the terminating null character.
Return value
Type: BOOL
TRUE if successful; otherwise, FALSE. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
The following is an example of the path returned by GetDefaultUserProfileDirectory in Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User
The following is an example of the path returned by GetDefaultUserProfileDirectory in Windows 7:
C:\Users\Default
To obtain the paths of subdirectories of this directory, use the SHGetFolderPath (Windows XP and earlier) or SHGetKnownFolderPath (Windows Vista) function.
Note
The userenv.h header defines GetDefaultUserProfileDirectory 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 [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | userenv.h |
| Library | Userenv.lib |
| DLL | Userenv.dll |