[Idle-dev] [ idlefork-Bugs-740041 ] Windows location of .idlerc

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Bugs item #740041, was opened at 2003-05-19 14:28
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
>Resolution: Works For Me
Priority: 6
Submitted By: Bruce Sherwood (bsherwood)
>Assigned to: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Summary: Windows location of .idlerc

Initial Comment:
Minor bug: On Windows XP, the folder .idlerc is in 
C:\Documents and Settings\Bruce Sherwood (or 
whatever user name), which seems the correct place for 
individual preferences. On Win2000 however, the folder 
is at C:\.idlerc, despite the existence of C:\Documents 
and Settings, and this is not a good place for individual 
preferences. A particularly bad consequence is that a 
user might be on an administered machine without 
permission to write to C:\.idlerc, whereas a user can 
always write to their Documents and Settings folder.

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>Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2004-08-22 01:37

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=149084

on W2K my .idlerc directory is in C:|Documents and Settings\kbk

try this:

import os.path
os.path.expanduser("~")

what did you get?  Also, you should have an environment
variable HOMEPATH equal to the above dir.  Try 'set' in a
command window to see your environment.

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