Get path to shell/known folders on Windows

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reviewing the three linked patches: trunk_winpath.patch, trunk_os_getshellfolders.patch, and 1763_knownfolders.patch. Then compare their proposed behavior with the current Windows library APIs and tests; done means the issue's requested shell/known-folder paths are exposed through an agreed, tested Python interface.

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Description

OS-windows stdlib type-feature
BPO 1763
Nosy @loewis, @mhammond, @amauryfa, @jaraco, @tiran, @vadmium
Files
  • trunk_winpath.patch
  • trunk_os_getshellfolders.patch
  • 1763_knownfolders.patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2008-01-08.17:12:57.575>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Get path to shell/known folders on Windows'
updated_at = <Date 2014-12-20.20:56:00.552>
user = 'https://github.com/tiran'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2014-12-20.20:56:00.552>
actor = 'martin.panter'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2008-01-08.17:12:57.575>
creator = 'christian.heimes'
dependencies = []
files = ['9106', '9111', '30689']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 1763
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 20.0
messages = ['59547', '59549', '59551', '59553', '59567', '59584', '59585', '59586', '59599', '59617', '60076', '60082', '62242', '62277', '110596', '116859', '191760', '191767', '191787', '232979']
nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['loewis', 'mhammond', 'amaury.forgeotdarc', 'jaraco', 'ocean-city', 'draghuram', 'christian.heimes', 'martin.panter']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1763'
versions = ['Python 3.4']

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