To get the path name for the 'My Documents' folder in MapBasic, use this:

sPath = GetFolderPath$ (FOLDER_MYDOCS)

Thanks to David Langley for reminding me of that.

There's no need to rummage through the registry, and using the CSIDL is the
proper way to identify special folders. There's a good article on working with
Windows' latest shell at the MSDN site. See Shell Basics at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_basics/shell_basics_programming/manage.asp

In particular, see 'Managing hte FIle System.'

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