.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: GetWindowsDirectory

.. _getwindowsdirectory:

GetWindowsDirectory
===================

.. us.tag  GetWindowsDirectory ENGLISH FILE_MISC

:ref:`GetWindowsDirectory` returns the name of the Windows directory

.. function::  ssWindowsDir = GetWindowsDirectory()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssWindowsDir* is a string containing the path of the Windows directory.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   * GetWindowsDirectory()
   c:\WINNT

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-files`,
   :ref:`GetRootDirectory`,
   :ref:`GetTempPath`

:sub:`id-201631`