PathCchStripPrefix function

Removes the "\\?\" prefix, if present, from a file path.

Syntax

HRESULT PathCchStripPrefix(
  _Inout_ PWSTR  pszPath,
  _In_    size_t cchPath
);

Parameters

pszPath [in, out]

A pointer to the path string. When this function returns successfully, the same path string will have had the prefix removed, if the prefix was present. If no prefix was present, the string will be unchanged.

cchPath [in]

The size of the buffer pointed to by pszPath, in characters.

Return value

This function returns S_OK if the prefix was removed, S_FALSE if the path did not have a prefix to remove, or an HRESULT failure code.

Requirements