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src/shared/Utils.cpp

 #include <memory>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <ShlObj.h>
 
 #include "Utils.h"
 
 namespace
 {
   std::wstring appDataPath;
 
   bool IsWindowsVistaOrLater()
   {
     OSVERSIONINFOEX osvi;
     ZeroMemory(&osvi, sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOEX));
     osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOEX);
     GetVersionEx(reinterpret_cast<LPOSVERSIONINFO>(&osvi));
     return osvi.dwMajorVersion >= 6;
   }
 }
 
+std::string ToUtf8String(std::wstring str)
+{
+  size_t length = str.size();
+  if (length == 0)
+    return std::string();
+
+  DWORD utf8StringLength = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, str.c_str(), length, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+  if (utf8StringLength == 0)
+    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to determine the required buffer size");
+
+  std::string utf8String(utf8StringLength, '\0');
+  WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, str.c_str(), length, &utf8String[0], utf8StringLength, 0, 0);
+  return utf8String;
+}
+
 std::wstring GetAppDataPath()
 {
   if (appDataPath.empty())
   {
     if (IsWindowsVistaOrLater())
     {
       WCHAR* pathBuffer;
       if (FAILED(SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_LocalAppDataLow, 0, 0, &pathBuffer)))
         throw std::runtime_error("Unable to find app data directory");
       appDataPath.assign(pathBuffer);
       CoTaskMemFree(pathBuffer);
     }
     else
     {
       std::auto_ptr<wchar_t> pathBuffer(new wchar_t[MAX_PATH]);
       if (!SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, pathBuffer.get(), CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, true))
         throw std::runtime_error("Unable to find app data directory");
       appDataPath.assign(pathBuffer.get());
     }
     appDataPath += L"\\Adblock Plus for IE";
 
     // Ignore errors here, this isn't a critical operation
     ::CreateDirectoryW(appDataPath.c_str(), NULL);
   }
   return appDataPath;
 }