Find system folder locations in Python

Question

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\"

Answer 1

In Windows 7 I can use the following environment variables to access the folders I need:

>>> import os
>>> os.environ['USERPROFILE']
'C:\\Users\\digginc'
>>> os.environ['PROGRAMFILES']
'C:\\Program Files'