Here you go:

Declare Function APIGetWindowsDirectory$() As String
Declare Function GetWindowsDirectory Lib "kernel32" Alias
"GetWindowsDirectoryA"
                         (lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Integer) As
Integer
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
'APIGetWindowsSystemDirectory
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
Function APIGetWindowsSystemDirector$() As String

Dim  szDir As String,
     nReturnLength As Integer

OnError GoTo ErrorOccured

     szDir = String$(100, " ")
     nReturnLength = GetWindowsDirectory(szDir, 100)

     szDir = LTrim$(RTrim$(szDir)) + "\"

     APIGetWindowsSystemDirector$ = szDir

     Exit Function
'-------------------------
ErrorOccured:
     Note ERR_ERRORMSG & lf & Error$()

End Function

HTH,
Peter
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Hi Listers

Does anyone know the correct code to extract the location of the
windows/systems directory using the API Function GetSystemDirectory .



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 Jeff Spirek


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