winpaths
winpaths is a Python module for retrieving common path names for Windows. It relies only on ctypes, and retrieves the path names as Unicode strings.
winpaths is licensed under the MIT license.
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Usage
import winpaths
my_docs = winpaths.get_my_documents()
Function Specification
- get_local_appdata
- Local App Data folder for current user
- get_appdata
- App Data folder for current user
- get_desktop
- Desktop folder for current user
- get_programs
- Programs directory under Start menu
- get_admin_tools
- Admin Tools directory under Start menu (current user)
- get_common_admin_tools
- Start Menu -> Admin Tools (common)
- get_common_appdata
- Common App Data folder
- get_common_documents
- Common My Documents folder
- get_cookies
- Cookies folder for current user
- get_history
- History folder
- get_internet_cache
- Internet cache folder
- get_my_pictures
- My Pictures folder for current user
- get_personal
- My Documents for current user
- get_my_documents
- alias for get_personal
- get_program_files
- Program Files under root drive
- get_program_files_common
- Program Files -> Common Files
- get_system
- System directory. Use care and discretion
- get_windows
- Windows directory. Use care and discretion
- get_favorites
- Favorites folder for current user
- get_startup
- Startup folder under Start Menu -> Programs (current user)
- get_recent
- Recent files for current user