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webkit/glue/plugins/plugin_list_win.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include <tchar.h>
 
 #include "webkit/glue/plugins/plugin_list.h"
 
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "base/command_line.h"
+#include "base/file_util.h"
 #include "base/path_service.h"
 #include "base/registry.h"
+#include "base/scoped_ptr.h"
 #include "base/string_util.h"
 #include "webkit/glue/plugins/plugin_constants_win.h"
 #include "webkit/glue/plugins/plugin_lib.h"
 #include "webkit/glue/webkit_glue.h"
 
 namespace {
 
 const TCHAR kRegistryApps[] =
     _T("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths");
 const TCHAR kRegistryFirefox[] = _T("firefox.exe");
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   FilePath path;
   if (GetInstalledPath(kRegistryQuickTime, &path))
     plugin_dirs->insert(path.Append(L"plugins"));
 }
 
 // Hardcoded logic to detect Windows Media Player plugin location.
 void GetWindowsMediaDirectory(std::set<FilePath>* plugin_dirs) {
   FilePath path;
   if (GetInstalledPath(kRegistryWindowsMedia, &path))
     plugin_dirs->insert(path);
+
+  // If the Windows Media Player Firefox plugin is installed before Firefox,
+  // the plugin will get written under PFiles\Plugins on one the drives
+  // (usually, but not always, the last letter).
+  int size = GetLogicalDriveStrings(0, NULL);
+  if (size) {
+    scoped_array<wchar_t> strings(new wchar_t[size]);
+    if (GetLogicalDriveStrings(size, strings.get())) {
+      wchar_t *next_drive = strings.get();

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+      while (*next_drive) {
+        if (GetDriveType(next_drive) == DRIVE_FIXED) {
+          FilePath pfiles(next_drive);
+          pfiles = pfiles.Append(L"PFiles\\Plugins");
+          if (file_util::PathExists(pfiles))
+            plugin_dirs->insert(pfiles);
+        }
+        next_drive = &next_drive[wcslen(next_drive) + 1];
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 // Hardcoded logic to detect Java plugin location.
 void GetJavaDirectory(std::set<FilePath>* plugin_dirs) {
   // Load the new NPAPI Java plugin
   // 1. Open the main JRE key under HKLM
   RegKey java_key(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, kRegistryJava, KEY_QUERY_VALUE);
 
   // 2. Read the current Java version
   std::wstring java_version;
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     for (size_t i = 0; i < plugins->size(); ++i) {
       if ((*plugins)[i].path.BaseName().value() == kNewWMPPlugin)
         return false;
     }
   }
 
   return true;
 }
 
 } // namespace NPAPI