[python-win32] Winshell issues

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi,

I've been using Tim Golden's winshell module for a couple of years and 
just in the last week or so, I've been receiving the following error 
from multiple users:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "\\debianso\loginscript$\MCISpy.py", line 267, in ?
    import SoScripts
  File "\\debianso\loginscript$\PythonPackages\Utilities\SoScripts.py", line 49, in ?
    program_files = winshell.programs()     
  File "\\Debianis\loginscript$\Python24\lib\site-packages\winshell.py", line 71, in programs
    return get_path ((shellcon.CSIDL_PROGRAMS, shellcon.CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS)[common])
  File "\\Debianis\loginscript$\Python24\lib\site-packages\winshell.py", line 44, in get_path
    return shell.SHGetPathFromIDList (shell.SHGetSpecialFolderLocation (0, folder_id))
com_error: (-2147024893, 'The system cannot find the path specified.', None, None)


I don't understand why this is happening. Nothing has been changed with 
their Python install or the winshell module. Can this be caused if the 
user's remote roaming profile cannot be located and they end up logged 
in as a temporary user? Oddly enough, right before that line, I call 
winshell.desktop() and that works.

This is running from a Python 2.4 installation with winshell 0.2 (I 
think). As you can see from the paths above, it is running from a 
network location on a linux box, although the client is a Windows XP Pro 
box.

Thanks,

Mike