Yes, Derek Smith,

the toolbox routine FN FINDFOLDER(...) is perhaps the most convenient
way to find the standard folders within the system folder.

Actually, one is not restricted to use _kOnSystemDisk. One may specify
any volRefNum, e.g. if one needs a temporary folder on an arbitrary
volume...

The toolbox and FB know several predefined constants for the second
argument (the desired folder) of the routine:
_"amnu"    apple menu items
_"ctrl"        control panels
_"desk"      desktop folder
_"extn"       system extensions
_"font"       fonts folder
_"pref"       preferences
_"prnt"       print monitor documents
_"strt"        startup items
_"macs"     system folder
_"temp"      temporary items
_"trsh"       single user trash
_"empt"      shared trash on net

At least on my machine under MacOS 7.5.5 and using FBII the predefined
constant _kCreateFolder is not functional. Under FB it is defined as
_kCreateFolder=1. For my purposes I define a constant _createFolder=256
(Pascal True) which works reliably. Staz told me that -- at least under
FB^3 -- everything works well with _kCreateFolder=1.

Best wished to all

Herbie
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