Appdata

I need to build an installer where the default folder is created under $APPDATA. I see tho from the docs that this variable is only set if IE4 or better is installed. I assume that if this is not installed that $APPDATA will be empty(?) so is there a way to locate that folder (that works in at least XP, Vista, WIN7, pref any version of Windows) without IE?? I guess I really just need any folder to which the user has full access rights which will always exist.

Thanks
Ian

You can read the appdata path from the registry.

It's located under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

You have nothing to worry about, the IE4 part only applies to Win95 and NT4 (IE4 actually also updates system dlls) Win98/2000 and later have the support built-in