Vista compatibility - fuss over nothing?

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Indiepath

This C code might help

bool CgeneralFuncs::CreateDirectoryUserFullAccess(LPCTSTR lpPath)
{
	int f = CreateDirectory(lpPath,NULL);
	if(!f)
		return false;
	
	HANDLE hDir = CreateFile(lpPath,READ_CONTROL|WRITE_DAC,0,NULL,OPEN_EXISTING,FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,NULL);
	if(hDir == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
		return true;
	
	ACL* pOldDACL=NULL;
	SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR* pSD = NULL;
	GetSecurityInfo(hDir,SE_FILE_OBJECT,DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,NULL,NULL,&pOldDACL,NULL,(void**)&pSD);
	
	EXPLICIT_ACCESS ea={0};
	ea.grfAccessMode = GRANT_ACCESS;
	ea.grfAccessPermissions = GENERIC_ALL;
	ea.grfInheritance = CONTAINER_INHERIT_ACE|OBJECT_INHERIT_ACE;
	ea.Trustee.TrusteeType = TRUSTEE_IS_GROUP;
	ea.Trustee.TrusteeForm = TRUSTEE_IS_NAME;
	ea.Trustee.ptstrName = TEXT("Users");
	
	ACL* pNewDACL = NULL;
	SetEntriesInAcl(1,&ea,pOldDACL,&pNewDACL);
	
	SetSecurityInfo(hDir,SE_FILE_OBJECT,DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,NULL,NULL,pNewDACL,NULL);
	
	LocalFree(pSD);
	LocalFree(pNewDACL);
	CloseHandle(hDir);
	return true;
}