How to get Desktop location?

Question

I\'m using Python on Windows and I want a part of my script to copy a file from a certain directory (I know its path) to the Desktop.

I used this:

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Answer 1

All those answers are intrinsecally wrong : they only work for english sessions.

You should check the XDG directories instead of supposing it's always 'Desktop'.

Here's the correct answer: How to get users desktop path in python independent of language install (linux)