PathIsDirectoryW function (shlwapi.h)
Verifies that a path is a valid directory.
C++
BOOL PathIsDirectoryW(
[in] LPCWSTR pszPath
);
[in] pszPath
Type: LPCTSTR
A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to verify.
Type: BOOL
Returns (BOOL)FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY if the path is a valid directory; otherwise, FALSE.
Note
The shlwapi.h header defines PathIsDirectory as an alias that automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that is not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | shlwapi.h |
| Library | Shlwapi.lib |
| DLL | Shlwapi.dll (version 4.71 or later) |