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0 pointsToo6y ago0 comments

As long as you follow knownfolderid nothing has changed since Vista, or CSIDL constants go even further back.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/patricka/wher...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/csidl

.NET has its own set which is also very old and goes back to .NET 1.0 (as old as Win98) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environme...

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CamperBob26y ago

I think the combination of complexity and obscurity of those two links reinforces my point more than it refutes it. There's a reason why basically no one gets this stuff 100% right, including some of Microsoft's own first-party applications.

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