SHGetDesktopFolder

Overview

Group

Quick Info

Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
No
Import Library

Header File
shlobj.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
None

[Now Supported on Windows NT]

Retrieves the IShellFolder interface for the desktop folder, which is the root of the shell's name space.

WINSHELLAPI HRESULT WINAPI SHGetDesktopFolder(

LPSHELLFOLDER *ppshf
);

Parameters
ppshf

Address that receives an IShellFolder interface pointer for the desktop folder. The calling application is responsible for eventually freeing the interface by calling its Release method.

Return Values
Returns NOERROR if successful or an OLE-defined error result otherwise.