Thread: Add folder to XP?

Help.......
I've always used "CreateDirectory()" to make folders but it doesn't seem to work in XP.
How would I create a new directory in winXP on the c: (root) drive?
Could I create the folder in C:\Program Files and make it work?
Any help would really be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

That means the problem is somewhere else.
I'll try downloading the newest SDK (56k modem, that's gonna hurt.)
Here's the code:
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
char dbits[100],drive[100];
int i;
i=0;
DWORD d=GetLogicalDriveStrings(10, dbits);
strncpy(drive,dbits+i,4);

for (int nDrives = 0; nDrives < 26; nDrives ++)
{
if(GetDriveType(drive)==DRIVE_FIXED)
break;
i+=4;
strncpy(drive,dbits+i,4);
}

char vol[40];
DWORD mf;
DWORD sf,sno;
char serial[40];

GetVolumeInformation(drive,
vol,
sizeof(vol),
&sno,
&mf,
&sf,
NULL,NULL);

_ultoa( sno, serial, 16 );

char szFindFile[40] = "C:\\Program Files\\FSL\\";
BOOL MakeSureDirectoryPathExists(*szFindFile);
if (MakeSureDirectoryPathExists != TRUE)
{
CreateDirectory(szFindFile,NULL);
}
FILE *fptr;
fptr = fopen("C:\\Program Files\\FSL\\serial.txt","w");
fprintf(fptr,"%s\n",serial); // printing the entered name into the file.
char name[40] = "c:\\Program Files\\FSL\\serial.txt";
SetFileAttributes(name,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN);
fclose(fptr);
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Thanks again

I tried your suggestion but it wouldn't compile.
I'm pretty sure the first way was correct.
Thanks for looking it over but I think the problem might be fixed with the new SDK.
Also, I'm not the one testing this on XP so that is always in question as well.
Sorry this is looking like a wild goose chase.

>Could I create the folder in C:/Program Files and make it work?

If XP is installed on drive C, then you'll have to play around with your security settings as root/Program Files is a protected directory (at least on XP professional using NTFS).

Firstly, if you're using MakeSureDirectoryPathExists() you don't need CreateDirectory(). MakeSureDirectoryPathExists() is a debugging function that'll automatically create the directory if it doesn't exist assuming you have sufficient security priviledges.

Secondly, I don't know what operating system Stoned Coder is using (or what he's been smoking ) but you don't have to do "\"C:\\Program Files\\FSL\\\"", to specifiy a directory path. The below code should create a directory. If this works, but when you try something similar within your Program Files directory it fails then it's a security issue, not a syntax one. You could also try calling GetLastError() which will probably state access denied.

Code:

#pragma comment(lib,"Dbghelp.lib")

#include <windows.h>
#include <dbghelp.h>

int main () 
{

	char* path = "C:\\Test Dir\\Test Directory\\"; 

	MakeSureDirectoryPathExists(path);

}

Cool, I might not be an idiot afterall; green as ****, but it sounds like I was on the right track.
I'm writing and testing this on winME(stop laughing) and VC6 and it's getting tested by another guy on win98, NT4, win2000, and XP pro, so I really have no idea about the security stuff and all he writes back is "works on 98, NT, 2000 but kaks on XP."
Made the changes (seems like cleaning up redundancies) and I'll fire it off to him and see what happens.
Thanks