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+#include "PlatformUtils.h"
+#include "printutils.h"
+#include <windows.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32_IE
+#define _WIN32_IE 0x0501 // SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT
+#endif
+#include <shlobj.h>
+
+// convert from windows api w_char strings (usually utf16) to utf8 std::string
+std::string winapi_wstr_to_utf8( std::wstring wstr )
+{
+	UINT CodePage = CP_UTF8;
+	DWORD dwFlags = 0;
+	LPCWSTR lpWideCharStr = &wstr[0];
+	int cchWideChar = (int)wstr.size();
+	LPSTR lpMultiByteStr = NULL;
+	int cbMultiByte = 0;
+	LPCSTR lpDefaultChar = NULL;
+	LPBOOL lpUsedDefaultChar = NULL;
+
+	int numbytes = WideCharToMultiByte( CodePage, dwFlags, lpWideCharStr,
+	  cchWideChar, lpMultiByteStr, cbMultiByte, lpDefaultChar, lpUsedDefaultChar );
+
+	//PRINTB("utf16 to utf8 conversion: numbytes %i",numbytes);
+
+	std::string utf8_str(numbytes,0);
+	lpMultiByteStr = &utf8_str[0];
+	cbMultiByte = numbytes;
+
+	int result = WideCharToMultiByte( CodePage, dwFlags, lpWideCharStr,
+	  cchWideChar, lpMultiByteStr, cbMultiByte, lpDefaultChar, lpUsedDefaultChar );
+
+	if (result != numbytes) {
+		PRINT("ERROR: error converting w_char str to utf8 string");
+		PRINTB("ERROR: error code %i",GetLastError());
+	}
+
+	return utf8_str;
+}
+
+
+// retrieve the path to 'My Documents' for the current user under windows
+// In XP this is 'c:\documents and settings\username\my documents'
+// In Vista, 7, 8+ this is 'c:\users\username\documents'
+// This code may have problems with unusual dir types in Vista because
+// Mingw does not provide access to the updated SHGetKnownFolderPath
+std::string PlatformUtils::documentsPath()
+{
+	std::string retval;
+	std::wstring path(MAX_PATH,0);
+
+	HWND hwndOwner = 0;
+	int nFolder = CSIDL_PERSONAL;
+	HANDLE hToken = NULL;
+	DWORD dwFlags = SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT;
+	LPTSTR pszPath = &path[0];
+
+	int result = SHGetFolderPathW( hwndOwner, nFolder, hToken, dwFlags, pszPath );
+
+	if (result == S_OK) {
+		path = std::wstring( path.c_str() ); // stip extra NULLs
+		//std::wcerr << "wchar path:" << "\n";
+		retval = winapi_wstr_to_utf8( path );
+		//PRINTB("Path found: %s",retval);
+	} else {
+		PRINT("ERROR: Could not find My Documents location");
+		retval = "";
+	}
+	return retval;
+}