file backup in windows

[k.i.n.g.]

Thank You all for reply's so far

> <code>
> import os, sys
> from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
>
> local_app_data = shell.SHGetSpecialFolderPath (0,
> shellcon.CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA)
> outlook_path = os.path.join (local_app_data, "Microsoft", "Outlook")
>
> print outlook_path
>
> </code)
>

The above code was fine while printing, when I am trying to use this
(outlook_path) to use as source path it is giving file permission error

can you please clarify this