How to get the user name, and to show a select directory dialog?

[Mark Hammond]

Arnal wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I would like to obtain the name of the current logged user on a Windows
> machine, so I can get the "My documents" and "Desktop" folders.
> 
> I want to allow the user to specify the initial directory of the save
> command, and the open command. The "My documents" would be somehow basic to
> acceess, but I must have the username in the path (or can I access this
> folder directly with a function?). Or how to access the user name, else?

See the other responses.

> I would like, as well, to show a "select directory dialog". I can already
> put a select file and put file; I think that selecting a directory must be
> in the same module, isn't it?

from win32com.shell import shell
shell.SHBrowseForFolder()

(you may like to check out the docs and supply some of the args)

Mark.