Lost in a sea of documentation...can you point me in the right direction?

[Andrew Durdin]

On 30 Jun 2005 14:38:17 -0700, MooMaster <ntv1534 at gmail.com> wrote:
> So I started reading about os, threads,
> and the path for the special folders in the archives and in the Python
> docs and I'm kind of lost because there aren't many concrete examples
> in the documentation. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to
> where I might find info that can help me write this?

For changing the wallpaper, and getting the path to the "My Pictures"
folder, you'll need to use Win32 API functions:
SHGetSpecialFolderPath() and SystemParametersInfo().

To call these, you'll need to use either the Python Win32 extensions
or some other module for calling functions in a .dll.