diff --git a/src/Android/ProgramPath.cpp b/src/Android/ProgramPath.cpp
index d87a548..9ea2217 100644
--- a/src/Android/ProgramPath.cpp
+++ b/src/Android/ProgramPath.cpp
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ namespace hgl
             strcpy(files_dir,HGL_MAX_PATH,fn);
         }
 
-        void GetLocalAppdataPath(char fn[HGL_MAX_PATH])
+        bool GetLocalAppdataPath(OSString &result)
         {
-            strcpy(fn,HGL_MAX_PATH,files_dir);
+            result=files_dir;
+            return(true);
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/src/Apple/ProgramPath.mm b/src/Apple/ProgramPath.mm
index ae6bfec..c77e82e 100644
--- a/src/Apple/ProgramPath.mm
+++ b/src/Apple/ProgramPath.mm
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ namespace hgl
 {
     namespace filesystem
     {
-        void GetLocalAppdataPath(char fn[HGL_MAX_PATH])
+        bool GetLocalAppdataPath(OSString &result)
         {
             NSFileManager *dfm=[NSFileManager defaultManager];
 
             const char *str=[[[dfm homeDirectoryForCurrentUser] path] cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
 
-            hgl::strcpy(fn,HGL_MAX_PATH,str,strlen(str));
+            result=str;
+            return(true);
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/src/UNIX/ProgramPath.cpp b/src/UNIX/ProgramPath.cpp
index 34f0328..e84f267 100644
--- a/src/UNIX/ProgramPath.cpp
+++ b/src/UNIX/ProgramPath.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace hgl
 {
     namespace filesystem
     {
-        void GetLocalAppdataPath(os_char fn[HGL_MAX_PATH])
+        bool GetLocalAppdataPath(OSString &result)
         {
             struct passwd pwd;
             struct passwd *result;
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ namespace hgl
 
             getpwuid_r(getuid(),&pwd,buf,bufsize,&result);
 
-            strcpy(fn,HGL_MAX_PATH,pwd.pw_dir);
+            result=pwd.pw_dir;
 
             free(buf);
+            return(true);
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/src/Win/ProgramPath.cpp b/src/Win/ProgramPath.cpp
index f7d08b3..a73f828 100644
--- a/src/Win/ProgramPath.cpp
+++ b/src/Win/ProgramPath.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ namespace hgl
 {
     namespace filesystem
     {
-        void GetLocalAppdataPath(os_char fn[HGL_MAX_PATH])
+        bool GetLocalAppdataPath(OSString &result)
         {
-            SHGetFolderPathW(nullptr, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, nullptr, 0, fn);
+            os_char fn[HGL_MAX_PATH];
+
+            if(SHGetFolderPathW(nullptr, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, nullptr, 0, fn)!=S_OK)
+                return(false);
+
+            result=fn;
+            return(true);
         }
 
         /**