Tested my game on Vista

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Dabz

Right, sorted... Using Visual C++ Express and the Vista Windows SDK, I've come up with this:-

//ProgramData thing
#include <windows.h>
#include <shlobj.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
	HRESULT hr;
	LPWSTR pStringOut = NULL;
	char *folderPath = new char[1000];

	hr = SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_ProgramData,0, NULL,&pStringOut);
	
	if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) )
    {
		cout << "Folder found:-\n\n";
		WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, (LPWSTR)pStringOut, -1,folderPath, 1000, NULL, NULL);
		cout << folderPath << "\n";
	}
	system("PAUSE");
}

The whole solution is here to pick over (including an exe):-

http://www.syntaxbomb.com/ftp/dabz/ProgramData.zip

EDIT: Now, I know sod all about MinGW and its inner workings, so if anyone can build on this, great! ;)

Dabz