<code lang="cpp">DWORD VerifyPathExists(LPCTSTR pszPathName)
{
	if (pszPathName == NULL)
	{
		return 0;
	}
	
		// Declare variablees
    	TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];    
    	lstrcpy(szPath, pszPathName);     
    
    	// Find and skip the first entry of '\\' character, that separates drive letter from the rest of the path    
    	LPTSTR psz = _tcschr(szPath, _T('\\'));    
    	if (psz == NULL)
    	{
    		return 0;
    	}
    	    	
    	psz++;   
    	  
    	// Sequentially increase length of the path, while checking it on existance    
    	for (;;)    
    	{        
    		// -- Find the name of a directory        
    		psz = _tcschr(psz, _T('\\'));        
    		if (psz == NULL)  
    		{           
    			break;         
    		}
    		
    	
    		// -- Temporarily substitute '\\' character with end of line character        
    		*psz = 0;  
    		        
    		// -- Creater the directory if it does not exist        
    		if (GetFileAttributes(szPath) == 0xFFFFFFFF)        
    		{            
    			if (!CreateDirectory(szPath, NULL))  
    			{              
    				return GetLastError();        
    			}
    			
    		}         
    		// -- Restore '\\' character and move ahead        
    	
    		*psz++ = _T('\\');    
	}  
		

	if (GetFileAttributes(szPath) == 0xFFFFFFFF)    
	{        
		if (!CreateDirectory(szPath, NULL))	
		{    
			return GetLastError();   
		}
	}     
	
	
	return 0;
}</code>