Is there any API to get path "C:\Documents and Settings" in windows?

Answer 1

Get the home path (%HOMEPATH% environment variable), and then go one folder up (removing the user name).

Answer 2

It's available via the ProfilesDirectory key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.

(Note that on Win7 (and Vista?) this will be C:\Users not C:\Documents and Settings.

Answer 3

Prior to Windows Vista, this can be retrieve via GetProfilesDirectory().

In Windows Vista+, this can be done via the SHGetKnownFolderIDList() and SHGetKnownFolderPath() functions using the FOLDERID_UserProfiles KNOWNFOLDERID constant.

Answer 4

GetProfilesDirectory