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PathMakeSystemFolder function

Applies to: desktop apps only

Gives an existing folder the proper attributes to become a system folder.

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BOOL PathMakeSystemFolder(
  __in  LPTSTR pszPath
);

pszPath [in]

Type: LPTSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated string of length MAX_PATH that contains the name of an existing folder that will be made into a system folder.

Type: BOOL

Returns nonzero if successful, or zero otherwise.

Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server
Header	Shlwapi.h
Library	Shlwapi.lib
DLL	Shlwapi.dll (version 4.71 or later)
Unicode and ANSI names	PathMakeSystemFolderW (Unicode) and PathMakeSystemFolderA (ANSI)

Build date: 3/7/2012

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