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Uses
  ShlObj, ActiveX;

procedure FreePidl(pidl: PItemIDList);
var
  allocator: IMalloc;
begin
  if Succeeded(SHGetMalloc(allocator)) then
  begin
    allocator.Free(pidl);
    {$IFDEF VER100}
    allocator.Release;
    {$ENDIF}
  end;
end;

function CreateFolder(aFolderName: string; aLocation: Integer): Boolean;
var
  pIdl: PItemIDList;
  hPath: PChar;
begin
  Result := False;
  if SUCCEEDED(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, aLocation, pidl)) then
  begin
    hPath := StrAlloc(MAX_PATH);
    SHGetPathFromIDList(pIdl, hPath);
    SetLastError(0);
    CreateDirectory(PChar(hPath + '\\' + aFolderName), nil);
    if (GetLastError = 0) or (GetLastError = ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS) then
      Result := True;
    FreePIDL(pIdl);
    StrDispose(hPath);
  end;
end;


procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  CreateFolder('MyProgramgroup', CSIDL_PROGRAMS);
end;