Using shell functions in a TS-optimized app

[Guest]

The document "Optimizing Application for MS Windows 2000 Terminal
Services..."
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwts/html/tsappdev.asp) says not to
assume the Windows shell in any app that is going to run on TS, because the
administrator can lock down the shell entirely.

If do, does that mean you cannot assume the availability of even basic
functions like SHGetFolderPath() and PathRemoveFileSpec()? If you can't use
the shell at all, how are you recommened to replace these functions in order
get paths to user data, etc?

 

[Guest]

I think it saying not to assume that explorer.exe is the shell, i.e. if users
launch a specific application that does not reside inside of an explorer
shell.