Title: Get Windows startupfolder
Question: How to use the shell-api to get the startup-folder !
Answer:
function GetStartupFolderPath: String;
var
IIDList: PItemIDList;
buffer: array [0..MAX_PATH-1] of char;
begin
IIDList:= nil;
OleCheck(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(Application.Handle,
CSIDL_STARTUP {or CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP},IIDList));
if not SHGetPathFromIDList(IIDList, buffer) then
raise Exception.Create(''Could not get startup folder.'');
Result:= StrPas(Buffer);
end;