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Re: cygpath and SHGetSpecialFolderPath
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 05:54:48PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:36:30AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:11:29PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 10:43:50AM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>> >> At 06:05 AM 10/15/2003, Corinna Vinschen you wrote:
>> >> >While reading the thread about the cygpath problem, I looked into the
>> >> >code and found that the code is using SHGetSpecialFolderLocation/
>> >> >SHGetPathFromIDList. The same output could be achieved by just calling
>> >> >SHGetSpecialFolderPath. The only problem with this function is that
>> >> >it expects IE4 to be installed. Is that a showstopper for using that
>> >> >function in cygpath? Does anybody honestly still use an IE < 4.0?
>> >>
>> >> Doesn't setup already require at least IE 5?
>> >
>> >No further discussion/opinion? If nobody vehemently disagrees, I'll
>> >change cygpath.cc within the next 24 hours. Speak up now or shut up
>> >forever ;-)
>>
>> Do you have a patch available?
>
>Yep.
Unfortunately, this still hangs.
cgf