Thread: FindFirstFile() and std::string

When I compile the following bit of code in VC++ 2008, I get the error, "error C2664: 'FindFirstFileW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char *' to 'LPCWSTR'"

Code:

...
WIN32_FIND_DATA data;
HANDLE hFind;
std::string path;
path = "C:\\*.*";
hFind = FindFirstFile(path.c_str(), &data);
...

The same code would work in VC++ 6, where FindFirstFile took a LPCTSTR, and not a LPCWSTR. Casting to a LPCWSTR doesn't do the trick, so how do I make this work?

Thank you in advance.