# Twisted, the Framework of Your Internet # Copyright (C) 2001 Matthew W. Lefkowitz # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public # License as published by the Free Software Foundation. # # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA """Win32 utilities. See also twisted.python.shortcut. """ # system imports import win32api, win32con # sibling import from runtime import platform # XXX fix this to use python's builtin _winreg? def getProgramsMenuPath(): """Get the path to the Programs menu. Probably will break on non-US Windows. @returns: the filesystem location of the common Start Menu->Programs. """ if not platform.isWinNT(): return "C:\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs" keyname = 'SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders' hShellFolders = win32api.RegOpenKeyEx(win32con.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, keyname, 0, win32con.KEY_READ) return win32api.RegQueryValueEx(hShellFolders, 'Common Programs')[0] def getProgramFilesPath(): """Get the path to the Program Files folder.""" keyname = 'SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion' currentV = win32api.RegOpenKeyEx(win32con.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, keyname, 0, win32con.KEY_READ) return win32api.RegQueryValueEx(currentV, 'ProgramFilesDir')[0]