# File::HomeDir::Windows - phpMan

## NAME
    [File::HomeDir::Windows] - Find your home and other directories on Windows

## SYNOPSIS
      use [File::HomeDir];

      # Find directories for the current user (eg. using Windows XP Professional)
      $home    = [File::HomeDir]->my_home;        # C:\Documents and Settings\mylogin
      $desktop = [File::HomeDir]->my_desktop;     # C:\Documents and Settings\mylogin\Desktop
      $docs    = [File::HomeDir]->my_documents;   # C:\Documents and Settings\mylogin\My Documents
      $music   = [File::HomeDir]->my_music;       # C:\Documents and Settings\mylogin\My Documents\My Music
      $pics    = [File::HomeDir]->my_pictures;    # C:\Documents and Settings\mylogin\My Documents\My Pictures
      $videos  = [File::HomeDir]->my_videos;      # C:\Documents and Settings\mylogin\My Documents\My Video
      $data    = [File::HomeDir]->my_data;        # C:\Documents and Settings\mylogin\Local Settings\Application Data

## DESCRIPTION
    This module provides Windows-specific implementations for determining
    common user directories. In normal usage this module will always be used
    via [File::HomeDir].

    Internally this module will use [Win32::GetFolderPath] to fetch the
    location of your directories. As a result of this, in certain unusual
    situations (usually found inside large organizations) the methods may
    return UNC paths such as "\\cifs.local\home$".

    If your application runs on Windows and you want to have it work
    comprehensively everywhere, you may need to implement your own handling
    for these paths as they can cause strange behaviour.

    For example, stat calls to UNC paths may work but block for several
    seconds, but opendir() may not be able to read any files (creating the
    appearance of an existing but empty directory).

    To avoid complicating the problem any further, in the rare situation
    that a UNC path is returned by "GetFolderPath" the usual -d validation
    checks will not be done.

## SUPPORT
    See the support section the main [File::HomeDir] module.

## AUTHORS
    Adam Kennedy <<adamk@cpan.org>>

    Sean M. Burke <<sburke@cpan.org>>

## SEE ALSO
    [File::HomeDir], [File::HomeDir::Win32] (legacy)

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2005 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

    Copyright 2017 - 2020 Jens Rehsack

    Some parts copyright 2000 Sean M. Burke.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

    The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
    with this module.