Hi all,
Many thanks for all your replies. Unfortunately this service will be running on multiple PC, therefore I will not know at design time the user name of the logged on user. Guess I'll just have to get the UserDocs directory from first principles :-( Paul. --- In [email protected], Robert Jenkins <uss...@...> wrote: > > Have you tried running the service under different accounts? Since some of > the directories returned by GetSpecialFolderPath are based on the current > logged in user, you might modify the login for the service. > > Robert > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Paul <rm28...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am in the process of rewriting one of my utility applications as a > > windows service. > > > > Basically the app monitors a known subdirectory of MyDocs, in the exe I > > make a call to GetSpecialFolderPath(CSIDL_PERSONAL) which quite happily > > returns the path to the Local Users MyDocs directory. However, when I try to > > do the same thing inside a windows service app > > GetSpecialFolderPath(CSIDL_PERSONAL) returns an empty string! > > > > Also, having got the correct directory I then copy some common lookup files > > from a network share into it. This also fails when run under windows service > > (this is probably related to the same problem as above). > > > > Any ideas gratefully received. > > > > Paul. > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
