The $HOME of Windows.

[Curtis Sandoval]

One possibility for this is the %USERPROFILE% variable which should be set
in the system environment.  This will map to the 'Documents and
Settings\username' directory on NT5 and the '\Profiles\username' on NT4,
which are functionally equivalent directories.  Win95, 98, etc are not
really designed for multiple user capability, so you if you want to support
these operating systems you will probably want to just put your config
settings in 'Program files\programname\username' to be more universal.  This
will also work on NT4 and NT5, so this may simplify your task.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Gillou
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:12 AM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: The $HOME of Windows.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> This is not pure Pyhtonic problem but...
> I'm looking for a place to store user settings in a portable Python app.
> For Unix users, I use ~/.myapp.defaults
> What's the equivalent for Windoze (I don't want to use the registry).
> Knowing that the path to this "My documents" folder depends on wether it's
> Win98, Win2000 (...) and on the locale.
>
> TIA
>
> --Gillou
>
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