Function Reference


_WinAPI_ShellSetKnownFolderPath

Redirects a known folder to a new location

#include <WinAPIShellEx.au3>
_WinAPI_ShellSetKnownFolderPath ( $sGUID, $sFilePath [, $iFlags = 0 [, $hToken = 0]] )

Parameters

$sGUID The GUID ($FOLDERID_*) that identifies the known folder.
$sFilePath The folder's new path.
$iFlags [optional] This parameter can be 0 or the following value.
$KF_FLAG_DONT_UNEXPAND
$hToken [optional] The access token that represents a particular user. If this parameter is 0, the function requests
the known folder for the current user. Assigning the $hToken parameter a value of (-1) indicates the
Default User. Note that access to the Default User folders requires administrator privileges.

Return Value

Success: 1.
Failure: 0 and sets the @error flag to non-zero, @extended flag may contain the HRESULT error code.

Remarks

To call this function on public known folders, the caller must have Administrator privileges. For per-user known
folders the caller only requires User privileges.

To call this function on a folder of type $KF_CATEGORY_COMMON, the calling application must be running with
elevated privileges.

This function cannot be called on folders of type $KF_CATEGORY_FIXED and $KF_CATEGORY_VIRTUAL.

This function requires Windows Vista or later.

See Also

Search SHSetKnownFolderPath in MSDN Library.