PEP proposal for user.py (win32 part) (con't)

[Gillou]

>
> P.S. You should never dig into the registry for the Personal folder.  It
> varies depending on Terminal Server and I think some XP weirdness.  You
have
> to use SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(CSIDL_PERSONAL), available on all
versions

Okay, the environment variables don't do the job, and I should not dig into
the registry (why ? how do desktop apps to find the user personal folder ?)
I can't use SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(CSIDL_PERSONAL) with the standard
python distribution (need win32all extensions ?)
So is there another place available in any Win32 box to find the personal
user folder ?

>
> And I assume you meant HKEY_CURRENT_USER, not HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.  The
> latter returns the Personal folder only for Administrator.
>

You're right, the code (line 4) shoud be :
...
shellkey = _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, shellkeyId)
...