Thread: Enumerating Drive Letters

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    pronounced 'fib' FillYourBrain's Avatar
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    Enumerating Drive Letters

    I have a method of getting drive letters but I don't like it. You see, we currently do a listbox, hidden. We call SendMessage(hTempList, LB_DIR, DDL_DRIVES | DDL_EXCLUSIVE, (LONG)(LPSTR)"*"); and then get the strings out of the list box. I HATE that solution and I was hoping someone could give me something better.
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    pronounced 'fib' FillYourBrain's Avatar
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    I think GetLogicalDriveStrings() will do it. So never mind.
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    ¡Amo fútbol!
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    Glad to be of service.

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    &TH of undefined behavior Fordy's Avatar
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    I know you have cracked it, but here's a way to simply get the drive letter as a char;

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using std::cout;
    using std::endl;
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <cstring>
    
    
    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {  
    	const char* szLookup = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
    	DWORD dwBits = GetLogicalDrives();
    	const DWORD dwMask = 1;
    
    
    	for(int i = 0;i < strlen(szLookup);i++){
    		if(dwMask & dwBits)
    			cout << "Found Drive " << szLookup[i] << endl;
    		dwBits >>= dwMask;
    	}	
    	
    	return 0;
    }

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