Hi Scott

These Vista.public groups are focused on the end user. There is a very good
resource for developers on the MSDN forums. These forums are staffed by
Microsoft Developers and they are focused on problems with developing
applications for Vista. You can access them here:

MSDN Forums: Software Development for Vista
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/def...ID=24&SiteID=1


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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Scott" <smbaker@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm working on ensuring compatibility with some legacy applications. I
> need an API function that maps a (possibly virtual) path into a
> physical path.
>
> For example,
>
> c:\program files\foo\download ---> c:\users\myusername\appdata\local
> \virtualstore\program files\foo\download
>
> Does Vista provide an API for retreiving these mappings? Is there a
> way to determine whether a given path is virtual of physical?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>