1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/win32/win32.c b/win32/win32.c
index 5b05510209..3b935b1d36 100644
--- a/win32/win32.c
+++ b/win32/win32.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static int has_redirection(const char *);
 int rb_w32_wait_events(HANDLE *events, int num, DWORD timeout);
 static int rb_w32_open_osfhandle(intptr_t osfhandle, int flags);
 static int wstati64(const WCHAR *path, struct stati64 *st);
+VALUE rb_w32_conv_from_wchar(const WCHAR *wstr, rb_encoding *enc);
 
 #define RUBY_CRITICAL(expr) do { expr; } while (0)
 
@@ -466,6 +467,16 @@ get_system_directory(WCHAR *path, UINT len)
 
 #define numberof(array) (sizeof(array) / sizeof(*array))
 
+VALUE
+rb_w32_special_folder(int type)
+{
+    WCHAR path[_MAX_PATH];
+
+    if (!get_special_folder(type, path)) return Qnil;
+    regulate_path(path);
+    return rb_w32_conv_from_wchar(path, rb_filesystem_encoding());
+}
+
 UINT
 rb_w32_system_tmpdir(WCHAR *path, UINT len)
 {