0008912: User Shell Folders values does not need to exist in Vista+

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0008912	MMW v4	Other	public	2011-12-29 03:44	2012-01-03 23:24

Reporter	peke	Assigned To
Priority	immediate	Severity	crash	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	4.0.2
Target Version	4.0.3	Fixed in Version	4.0.3

Summary	0008912: User Shell Folders values does not need to exist in Vista+
Description	Due the numerous user reports about not being able to start Due the fact that in Vista and Above "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\AppData" is abandoned and may not exist in some cases especially on clean Windows installation. See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/11/03/55532.aspx NOTE: same goes for SHGetFolderPath which is deprecated in Vista+ See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762181%28v=vs.85%29.aspx where SHGetKnownFolderPath should be used instead I created small example app that will read <user>\AppData\Roaming\ correctly no matter of old Registry existance. Useful Info in case we need more known folder data: KNOWNFOLDERID constants http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
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Fixed in build	1463