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I've got an SQL Server CE database in a project that I wan't to store somewhere in the %AppData% directory. However I can't find a way to make a reference to the Application Data path in the connection string (in the App.Config) <?xml version="1.0"?> <configuration> <configSections> </configSections> <connectionStrings> <add name="EntityConnectionString" connectionString="metadata=res://*/EntityModel.csdl|res://*/EntityModel.ssdl|res://*/EntityModel.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlServerCe.3.5;provider connection string="Data Source=|ApplicationData|\Entities.sdf"" providerName="System.Data

My application needs to, like most, store data. The application was previously used on XP only where it would store the data in Program Files . Now that our customers are moving to Windows 7 I had to upgrade it so that it stored the data in a new folder. I opted for the ApplicationData folder as I thought I would be allowed access without needing UAC at all. Now on some Windows 7 machines this is fine, but on others access to the folder fails, presumably because of permissions, but when ran with Administrator privelidges the program works fine. Am I using the wrong folder or are these cases

I already found this question that suggests to use os.path.expanduser(path) to get the user's home directory. I would like to achieve the same with the "Downloads" folder. I know that this is possible in C# , yet I'm new to Python and don't know if this is possible here too, preferable platform-independent (Windows, Ubuntu). I know that I just could do download_folder = os.path.expanduser("~")+"/Downloads/" , yet (at least in Windows) it is possible to change the Default download folder . user4815162342 Correctly locating Windows folders is somewhat of a chore in Python. According to answers

Basically the same as this question , but for VB6 . A customer's application "AppName" has its configuration files stored in CommonAppData. Under Windows XP that is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AppName Under Windows Vista that is C:\ProgramData\AppName How do I get the correct foldername with VB6? ? Additional notes , I prefer to use a API Call instead of adding a reference to the shell32.dll Use late binding: Const ssfCOMMONAPPDATA = &H23 Dim strCommonAppData As String strCommonAppData = _ CreateObject("Shell.Application").NameSpace(ssfCOMMONAPPDATA).Self.Path found it

I am trying to find out the location of system folders with Python 3.1. For example "My Documents" = "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents", "Program Files" = "C:\Program Files" etc etc. I found a slightly different way of doing it . This way will give you the location of various system folders and uses real words instead of CLSIDs. import win32com.client objShell = win32com.client.Dispatch("WScript.Shell") allUserDocs = objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop") print allUserDocs Other available folders: AllUsersDesktop, AllUsersStartMenu, AllUsersPrograms, AllUsersStartup, Desktop,

Currently, I use Path.GetTempPath() to figure out where to write my log files, but recently I came across a user's machine where the path returned was not what I expected. Usually, the returned path is C:\Documents and Settings\[userid]\Local Settings\Temp but in this case, it was C:\Temp This would not normally be a problem, but for some reason the user in question did not have access to write to C:\Temp I double checked the environment variables, and the USER environment variable was pointing as expected to C:\Documents and Settings\[userid]\Local Settings\Temp , whilst the SYSTEM

I'm confused about the differences between these two special folders. Here's a code snippet that writes the output of each, but they output the same thing. string path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop); string pathTwo = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory); Console.WriteLine(path); Console.WriteLine(pathTwo); Console.ReadKey(); According to the MSDN documentation ( for .NET 1.1 ): Desktop The logical Desktop rather than the physical file system location. DesktopDirectory The directory used to physically store file objects on the

Where should I save data related to my application? Where should I save configuration files? Where should I save temporary files? Should I do it in "Documents"? "AppData"? Etc... What is the best practice for saving data to the disk (I guess, best practice for special folders?!)? Foxfire ApplicationData : Everything that your application needs as "per user" data and does not fall under other categories. Standard configuration files would go here. CommonApplicationData : Everything that is not "per user" data. LocalApplicationData : Data that is per user and non-roaming. For example, everything