How do I get the application data path in Windows using C++?

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Use SHGetFolderPath with CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA as the CSIDL.

TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];
if (SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPath(NULL, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, NULL, 0, szPath)))
{
    //....
}

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