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SHCreateDirectoryEx

Creates a new file system folder.

VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function SHCreateDirectoryEx Lib "shell32" Alias "SHCreateDirectoryExA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal pszPath As String, ByVal psa As Any) As Long

VB.NET
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory

Operating Systems Supported
Requires Windows 2000 or later; Win9x/ME: Not supported

Library
Shell32

Parameter Information
- hwnd
[in] Handle to a parent window. This parameter can be set to NULL if no user interface will be displayed.

- pszPath
[in] Pointer to a string with the fully qualified path of the directory.

- psa
[in] Pointer to a SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure with the directory's security attribute. Set this parameter to NULL if no security attributes need to be set.

Return Values
Returns ERROR_SUCCESS if successful. If the operation fails, one of the following error codes can be returned.
ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME The pszPath parameter was set to a relative path.
ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE The path pointed to by pszPath is too long.
ERROR_FILE_EXISTS The directory exists.
ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS The directory exists.
ERROR_CANCELLED The user canceled the operation.

Last update: 07 April 2006