reverting to the old way to get windows directories since the function I am using does not work on windows systems without IE4. a=nhotta@netscape.com

xpcom/io/nsSpecialSystemDirectory.cpp

@@ -174,23 +174,43 @@ static char* MakeUpperCase(char* aPath)
 static void GetWindowsFolder(int folder, nsFileSpec& outDirectory)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 {
-    TCHAR path[MAX_PATH+1];
-    HRESULT result = SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, path, folder, true);
-    
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(result)) 
+    LPMALLOC pMalloc = NULL;
+    LPSTR pBuffer = NULL;
+    LPITEMIDLIST pItemIDList = NULL;
+    int len;
+ 
+    // Get the shell's allocator. 
+    if (!SUCCEEDED(SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc))) 
         return;
 
+    // Allocate a buffer
+    if ((pBuffer = (LPSTR) pMalloc->Alloc(MAX_PATH + 2)) == NULL) 
+        return; 
+ 
+    // Get the PIDL for the folder. 
+    if (!SUCCEEDED(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation( 
+            NULL, folder, &pItemIDList)))
+        goto Clean;
+ 
+    if (!SUCCEEDED(SHGetPathFromIDList(pItemIDList, pBuffer)))
+        goto Clean;
+
     // Append the trailing slash
-    int len = PL_strlen(path);
-    if (len>1 && path[len-1] != '\\') 
-    {
-        path[len]   = '\\';
-        path[len + 1] = '\0';
-    }
+    len = PL_strlen(pBuffer);
+    pBuffer[len]   = '\\';
+    pBuffer[len + 1] = '\0';
 
     // Assign the directory
-    outDirectory = path;
+    outDirectory = pBuffer;
 
+Clean:
+    // Clean up. 
+    if (pItemIDList)
+        pMalloc->Free(pItemIDList); 
+    if (pBuffer)
+        pMalloc->Free(pBuffer); 
+
+	pMalloc->Release();
 } // GetWindowsFolder
 #endif // XP_WIN