How do I convert PWSTR to string in C++?

Question

I have the following code:

// Fetch Local App Data folder path.
PWSTR localAppData = (PWSTR) malloc(128);
SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_LocalAppData, 0, NULL         


        

Answer 1

If you don't like widechar and want ansi string badly, try wcstombs or WideCharToMultiByte.

To call SHGetKnownFolderPath, you don't need to allocate memory by yourself, it will cause memory leak.