Location to put user configuration files in windows

Question

I\'m writing a python library that has a per-user configuration file that can be edited by the user of the library. The library also generates logging files. On *nix, the

Answer 1

The python appdirs package does a nice job of finding the standard place for application data on various platforms. E.g. for Windows it uses the English XP location:

C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Local Settings\\

and on Linux it follows the XDG standard:

 ~/.config/