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+/*
+ *  The ManaPlus Client
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010  The Mana Developers
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011-2017  The ManaPlus Developers
+ *
+ *  This file is part of The ManaPlus Client.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include "fs/specialfolder.h"
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#include "debug.h"
+
+/*
+ * Retrieve the pathname of special folders on win32, or an empty string
+ * on error / if the folder does not exist.
+ * See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494(VS.85).aspx for
+ * a list of folder ids
+ */
+std::string getSpecialFolderLocation(const int folderId)
+{
+    std::string ret;
+    LPITEMIDLIST pItemIdList;
+    LPMALLOC pMalloc;
+    char szPath[_MAX_PATH];
+
+    // get the item ID list for folderId
+    HRESULT hr = SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(nullptr, folderId, &pItemIdList);
+    if (hr != S_OK)
+        return ret;
+
+    // convert the ID list into a file system path
+    if (SHGetPathFromIDList(pItemIdList, szPath) == FALSE)
+        return ret;
+
+    // get the IMalloc pointer and free all resources we used
+    hr = SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc);
+    pMalloc->Free(pItemIdList);
+    pMalloc->Release();
+
+    ret = szPath;
+    return ret;
+}
+
+#endif  // WIN32