Jump to content

Sky Slate Blueberry Blackcurrant Watermelon Strawberry Orange Banana Apple Emerald Chocolate
Photo

System known folders path (XP/Vista/7)

Started by shajul , Feb 06 2011 02:01 PM

  • Please log in to reply
1 reply to this topic
shajul
  • Members
  • 571 posts
  • Last active: Aug 01 2015 03:45 PM
  • Joined: 15 Sep 2006
Retrieve correct path of common system folders (more than 80 known folders on Windows Vista/7).

The script calls SHGetKnownFolderPath (FOLDERID) on Windows Vista/7 and SHGetFolderPath (CSILD) on XP.

Example:
MsgBox % GetKnownFolder("Desktop")


GetKnownFolder(FolderName) { ;http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=68194
If !RegExMatch(folderdata(),"im`a)^" . foldername . ".+$",line)
   return 0, ErrorLevel := -2 ;FolderName not found
StringSplit,data,line,`,
VarSetCapacity(mypath,(A_IsUnicode ? 2 : 1)*260)

If A_OSVersion in WIN_VISTA,WIN_7
   {
   if !data2
      return 0, ErrorLevel := -1  ;No corresponding FOLDERID value
   SetGUID(rfid, data2)
   r := DllCall("Shell32\SHGetKnownFolderPath", "UInt", &rfid, "UInt", 0, "UInt", 0, "UIntP", mypath)
      return (r or ErrorLevel) ? 0 : StrGet(mypath)
   }
Else
   {
   if !data3
      return 0, ErrorLevel := -1  ;No corresponding CSILD value
   r := DllCall("Shell32\SHGetFolderPath", "int", 0 , "uint", data3 , "int", 0 , "uint", 0 , "str" , mypath)
      return (r or ErrorLevel) ? 0 : mypath
   }
}


SetGUID(ByRef GUID, String) {
VarSetCapacity(GUID, 16, 0)
StringReplace,String,String,-,,All
NumPut("0x" . SubStr(String, 2,  8), GUID, 0,  "UInt")   ; DWORD Data1
NumPut("0x" . SubStr(String, 10, 4), GUID, 4,  "UShort") ; WORD  Data2
NumPut("0x" . SubStr(String, 14, 4), GUID, 6,  "UShort") ; WORD  Data3
Loop, 8
   NumPut("0x" . SubStr(String, 16+(A_Index*2), 2), GUID, 7+A_Index,  "UChar")  ; BYTE  Data4[A_Index]
}

folderdata() {
folderdata =  ;structure is Name,GUID,CSIDL
(
AdminTools,{724EF170-A42D-4FEF-9F26-B60E846FBA4F},48
CDBurning,{9E52AB10-F80D-49DF-ACB8-4330F5687855},59
CommonAdminTools,{D0384E7D-BAC3-4797-8F14-CBA229B392B5},47
CommonOEMLinks,{C1BAE2D0-10DF-4334-BEDD-7AA20B227A9D},58
CommonPrograms,{0139D44E-6AFE-49F2-8690-3DAFCAE6FFB8},23
CommonStartMenu,{A4115719-D62E-491D-AA7C-E74B8BE3B067},22
CommonStartup,{82A5EA35-D9CD-47C5-9629-E15D2F714E6E},24
CommonTemplates,{B94237E7-57AC-4347-9151-B08C6C32D1F7},45
Contacts,{56784854-C6CB-462b-8169-88E350ACB882},
Cookies,{2B0F765D-C0E9-4171-908E-08A611B84FF6},33
Desktop,{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641},0
DeviceMetadataStore,{5CE4A5E9-E4EB-479D-B89F-130C02886155},
DocumentsLibrary,{7B0DB17D-9CD2-4A93-9733-46CC89022E7C},
Downloads,{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B},
Favorites,{1777F761-68AD-4D8A-87BD-30B759FA33DD},6
Fonts,{FD228CB7-AE11-4AE3-864C-16F3910AB8FE},20
GameTasks,{054FAE61-4DD8-4787-80B6-090220C4B700},
History,{D9DC8A3B-B784-432E-A781-5A1130A75963},34
ImplicitAppShortcuts,{BCB5256F-79F6-4CEE-B725-DC34E402FD46},
InternetCache,{352481E8-33BE-4251-BA85-6007CAEDCF9D},32
Libraries,{1B3EA5DC-B587-4786-B4EF-BD1DC332AEAE},
Links,{bfb9d5e0-c6a9-404c-b2b2-ae6db6af4968},
LocalAppData,{F1B32785-6FBA-4FCF-9D55-7B8E7F157091},28
LocalAppDataLow,{A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16},
LocalizedResourcesDir,{2A00375E-224C-49DE-B8D1-440DF7EF3DDC},57
Music,{4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43},
MusicLibrary,{2112AB0A-C86A-4FFE-A368-0DE96E47012E},
NetHood,{C5ABBF53-E17F-4121-8900-86626FC2C973},19
OriginalImages,{2C36C0AA-5812-4b87-BFD0-4CD0DFB19B39},
PhotoAlbums,{69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C},
Pictures,{33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB},39
PicturesLibrary,{A990AE9F-A03B-4E80-94BC-9912D7504104},
Playlists,{DE92C1C7-837F-4F69-A3BB-86E631204A23},
PrintHood,{9274BD8D-CFD1-41C3-B35E-B13F55A758F4},27
Profile,{5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173},40
ProgramData,{62AB5D82-FDC1-4DC3-A9DD-070D1D495D97},35
ProgramFiles,{905e63b6-c1bf-494e-b29c-65b732d3d21a},38
ProgramFilesCommon,{F7F1ED05-9F6D-47A2-AAAE-29D317C6F066},43
ProgramFilesCommonX64,{6365D5A7-0F0D-45E5-87F6-0DA56B6A4F7D},
ProgramFilesCommonX86,{DE974D24-D9C6-4D3E-BF91-F4455120B917},44
ProgramFilesX64,{6D809377-6AF0-444b-8957-A3773F02200E},
ProgramFilesX86,{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E},42
Programs,{A77F5D77-2E2B-44C3-A6A2-ABA601054A51},2
Public,{DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385},
PublicDesktop,{C4AA340D-F20F-4863-AFEF-F87EF2E6BA25},25
PublicDocuments,{ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634},46
PublicDownloads,{3D644C9B-1FB8-4f30-9B45-F670235F79C0},
PublicGameTasks,{DEBF2536-E1A8-4c59-B6A2-414586476AEA},
PublicLibraries,{48DAF80B-E6CF-4F4E-B800-0E69D84EE384},
PublicMusic,{3214FAB5-9757-4298-BB61-92A9DEAA44FF},53
PublicPictures,{B6EBFB86-6907-413C-9AF7-4FC2ABF07CC5},54
PublicRingtones,{E555AB60-153B-4D17-9F04-A5FE99FC15EC},
PublicVideos,{2400183A-6185-49FB-A2D8-4A392A602BA3},55
QuickLaunch,{52a4f021-7b75-48a9-9f6b-4b87a210bc8f},
Recent,{AE50C081-EBD2-438A-8655-8A092E34987A},8
RecordedTVLibrary,{1A6FDBA2-F42D-4358-A798-B74D745926C5},
ResourceDir,{8AD10C31-2ADB-4296-A8F7-E4701232C972},56
Ringtones,{C870044B-F49E-4126-A9C3-B52A1FF411E8},
RoamingAppData,{3EB685DB-65F9-4CF6-A03A-E3EF65729F3D},26
SampleMusic,{B250C668-F57D-4EE1-A63C-290EE7D1AA1F},
SamplePictures,{C4900540-2379-4C75-844B-64E6FAF8716B},
SamplePlaylists,{15CA69B3-30EE-49C1-ACE1-6B5EC372AFB5},
SampleVideos,{859EAD94-2E85-48AD-A71A-0969CB56A6CD},
SavedGames,{4C5C32FF-BB9D-43b0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4},
SavedSearches,{7d1d3a04-debb-4115-95cf-2f29da2920da},
SendTo,{8983036C-27C0-404B-8F08-102D10DCFD74},9
SidebarDefaultParts,{7B396E54-9EC5-4300-BE0A-2482EBAE1A26},
SidebarParts,{A75D362E-50FC-4fb7-AC2C-A8BEAA314493},
StartMenu,{625B53C3-AB48-4EC1-BA1F-A1EF4146FC19},11
Startup,{B97D20BB-F46A-4C97-BA10-5E3608430854},7
System,{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7},37
SystemX86,{D65231B0-B2F1-4857-A4CE-A8E7C6EA7D27},41
Templates,{A63293E8-664E-48DB-A079-DF759E0509F7},21
UserPinned,{9E3995AB-1F9C-4F13-B827-48B24B6C7174},
UserProfiles,{0762D272-C50A-4BB0-A382-697DCD729B80},
UserProgramFiles,{5CD7AEE2-2219-4A67-B85D-6C9CE15660CB},
UserProgramFilesCommon,{BCBD3057-CA5C-4622-B42D-BC56DB0AE516},
Videos,{18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC},
VideosLibrary,{491E922F-5643-4AF4-A7EB-4E7A138D8174},
Windows,{F38BF404-1D43-42F2-9305-67DE0B28FC23},36
ALTSTARTUP,,29
COMMON_ALTSTARTUP,,30
COMMON_FAVORITES,,31
COMPUTERSNEARME,,61
DESKTOPDIRECTORY,,16
PERSONAL,,5
)
return folderdata
}

The Param expected by the function is FolderName which can be one of the below:
PARAM                      MEANING
---------------------------------------------------
AdminTools                 Administrative Tools
CDBurning                  Temporary Burn Folder
CommonAdminTools           Administrative Tools
CommonOEMLinks             OEM Links
CommonPrograms             Programs
CommonStartMenu            Start Menu
CommonStartup              Startup
CommonTemplates            Templates
Contacts                   Contacts
Cookies                    Cookies
Desktop                    Desktop
DeviceMetadataStore        DeviceMetadataStore
DocumentsLibrary           Documents
Downloads                  Downloads
Favorites                  Favorites
Fonts                      Fonts
GameTasks                  GameExplorer
History                    History
ImplicitAppShortcuts       ImplicitAppShortcuts
InternetCache              Temporary Internet Files
Libraries                  Libraries
Links                      Links
LocalAppData               Local
LocalAppDataLow            LocalLow
LocalizedResourcesDir      None
Music                      Music
MusicLibrary               Music
NetHood                    Network Shortcuts
OriginalImages             Original Images
PhotoAlbums                Slide Shows
Pictures                   Pictures
PicturesLibrary            Pictures
Playlists                  Playlists
PrintHood                  Printer Shortcuts
Profile                    The user's username (%USERNAME%)
ProgramData                ProgramData
ProgramFiles               Program Files
ProgramFilesCommon         Common Files
ProgramFilesCommonX64      Common Files
ProgramFilesCommonX86      Common Files
ProgramFilesX64            Program Files
ProgramFilesX86            Program Files
Programs                   Programs
Public                     Public
PublicDesktop              Public Desktop
PublicDocuments            Public Documents
PublicDownloads            Public Downloads
PublicGameTasks            GameExplorer
PublicLibraries            Libraries
PublicMusic                Public Music
PublicPictures             Public Pictures
PublicRingtones            Ringtones
PublicVideos               Public Videos
QuickLaunch                Quick Launch
Recent                     Recent Items
RecordedTVLibrary          Recorded TV
ResourceDir                Resources
Ringtones                  Ringtones
RoamingAppData             Roaming
SampleMusic                Sample Music
SamplePictures             Sample Pictures
SamplePlaylists            Sample Playlists
SampleVideos               Sample Videos
SavedGames                 Saved Games
SavedSearches              Searches
SendTo                     SendTo
SidebarDefaultParts        Gadgets
SidebarParts               Gadgets
StartMenu                  Start Menu
Startup                    Startup
System                     System32
SystemX86                  System32
Templates                  Templates
UserPinned                 User Pinned
UserProfiles               Users
UserProgramFiles           Programs
UserProgramFilesCommon     Programs
Videos                     Videos
VideosLibrary              Videos
Windows                    Windows
ALTSTARTUP                 Similar to Startup (CSLID)
COMMON_ALTSTARTUP          Similar to Common_Startup (CSLID)
COMMON_FAVORITES           Common Favorites (CSLID)
COMPUTERSNEARME            Similar to NetworkNHood (CSLID)
DESKTOPDIRECTORY           Similar to Desktop (CSLID)
PERSONAL                   Similar to My Documents (CSLID)

Download all FOLDERID and CSLID data for use with Autohotkey in a Excel Book - KnownFolders.xls

Note: May work with AHK basic, not tested (requires StrGet/StrPut library by Lexikos)
#1 - Posted 06 February 2011 - 02:01 PM
If i've seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants

my site | ~shajul | WYSIWYG BBCode Editor
Sprinkle Master
  • Members
  • 24 posts
  • Last active: Mar 06 2016 02:32 AM
  • Joined: 08 Mar 2014

This looks like a helpful script but with win 8.1 it takes me to the wrong folder when requestion "PublicDesktop".

#include c:\fl\KnownFolders.ahk   ;this is your file
B_Desktop := GetKnownFolder(PublicDesktop)
msgbox %B_Desktop%
exit

This gives me:

 

C:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

 

When it should be:

 

C:\Users\Public\Public Desktop

 

I checked your CLSID code and it matches what microcrap has posted on their site so I'm not sure what is going on here...


#2 - Posted 14 July 2014 - 12:00 AM
Back to Scripts and Functions
  1. AutoHotkey Community
  2. → AutoHotkey
  3. → Scripts and Functions