SHGetDesktopFolder info

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.

See Also

IShellFolder