windows directories for curr user

[flamesrock]

Thanks for the code Tom.

Unforunately, I get the following error message when trying to import
win32com in idle:

>>> from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#20>", line 1, in -toplevel-
    from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
ImportError: No module named win32com.shell

Tim Golden wrote:
> [Dan Bishop]
> | flamesrock wrote:
> | > Hi,
> | >
> | > Short, maybe newbish question: Is there a python method for
finding
> | out
> | > who the current user is in the OS module?
> | >
> | > On older windows machines the directory I'm interested in is just
> | > "c://my documents", but how do I walk to the current users my
> | documents
> | > folder?
> |
> | path = '%s\\My Documents' % os.environ['USERPROFILE']
>
> Or, rather more generally:
>
> <code>
>
> from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
> import win32api
>
> #
> # Don't need this to find the right folder,
> #  but since you asked...
> #
> print win32api.GetUserName ()
>
> #
> # This is the "personal files" which usually corresponds
> #  to the "My Documents" folder, but in my case points to
> #  h:\ since that's my home folder in my AD profile.
> #
> print shell.SHGetPathFromIDList (
>   shell.SHGetSpecialFolderLocation (0, shellcon.CSIDL_PERSONAL)
> )
>
> #
> # To see a list of possible CSIDL values:
> #
> for i in dir (shellcon):
>   if i.startswith ("CSIDL"):
>     print i
>
> </code>
>
>
>
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