[python-win32] Context menu troubles

Tim Roberts timr at probo.com
Mon Mar 5 20:20:16 CET 2012


Chris Ness wrote:
>
> All seems to be working fine now. Thanks Tim. Learning a lot here.
>
> Having a spot of bother with the context menu for a drive though 
> (e.g."C:"). I'm getting a very minimal menu with Open, Manage, Include 
> in Library, Copy and Properties. Choosing proprties brings up Control 
> Panel->System.

All of that is correct.  Technically, C: is a device, not a filesystem. 
If you want to refer to the folder at the root of C:. then you need to
use "C:\".

That's usually pretty easy to check: if the string is length two and the
second letter is colon, then add a backslash.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.



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