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 Component TSpecialFolders 1.0
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The TSpecialFolders component retrieves the location of windows special folders. 
This component uses the official Microsoft way to retrieve the informations about 
the special folders. This is the use of the API function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation 
instead of reading the information from the windows registry. All calls of this API 
function are capsuled to the properties of TSpecialFolders.

Delphi Versions supported: D5

History:
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1.0
- Implementation of all SHGetSpecialFolderLocation calls

This component was written by 
 Helmut Schottmüller.



Installation: 
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Copy the files
- ShellPaths.pas
- ShellPaths.res
to the target directory. From within Delphi choose Component | Install Component
and select ShellPaths.pas. Select Compile, then install. After installing
TSpecialFolders will appear in a VCL tab called 3rdParty.

Registering Help Files
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Copy the files
- SpecialFolders.hlp
- SpecialFolders.cnt
- SpecialFolders.toc
to the target directory (e.g. $(DELPHI)\Help) and register the files on each tab
in the Borland OpenHelp utility.

Any suggestions or questions are welcome.
Please mail to: hschottm@gmx.de