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john5632

Hi, I have created a system level service which needs APPDATA folder path which is different for each user. Is there anyway through which I can get the logged in user APPDATA folder path?

Jochen Arndt

It is possible to get the name of logged in users from a service (you have already asked that and got an answer). Using that you can guess the the user directory path and verify it by checking if the pathe exists. But a service should not modify user data and usually does not need to read user data. You have not told us why you need access to user directories. Maybe there is a better solution for your problem.

Victor Nijegorodov

Just a guess, since I never did it yet: - enumerate currently logged i user using NetUserEnum or/and NetWkstaUserEnum functions to get the SID for every user; - use these SIDs to get info for every user from registry (HKEY_USERS\\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders) - ... Hope, it helps (at least to move you in some potentially useful direction).

jschell

There is an environment variable named 'APPDATA' which has a full path. You can get any environment variable. So would that not be sufficient?

David Crow

john5632 wrote:

Is there anyway through which I can get the logged in user...

Multiple users can be logged in at once.

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Lost User

That is local to the user, not available to a service.

jschell

I see - that makes it clear.