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PathRemoveExtensionA function (shlwapi.h)

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Removes the file name extension from a path, if one is present.

Note  This function is deprecated. We recommend the use of the PathCchRemoveExtension in its place.
 

Syntax

void PathRemoveExtensionA(
  [in, out] LPSTR pszPath
);

Parameters

[in, out] pszPath

Type: LPTSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated string of length MAX_PATH from which to remove the extension.

Return value

None

Remarks

Note

The shlwapi.h header defines PathRemoveExtension as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header shlwapi.h
Library Shlwapi.lib
DLL Shlwapi.dll (version 4.71 or later)