Re: Open Folder in Desktop

2005-01-25 Thread Ulf Göransson
Kamilche wrote: Is there a command you can execute in Python that will open a window on the desktop, such as 'My Documents'? Kind of like 'system', but for folder names, not just programs. I'm running on Windows 2000. Maybe this is good enough? os.system(explorer + folder_path) /ug --

RE: Open Folder in Desktop

2005-01-25 Thread Jimmy Retzlaff
Kamilche wrote: Is there a command you can execute in Python that will open a window on the desktop, such as 'My Documents'? Kind of like 'system', but for folder names, not just programs. I'm running on Windows 2000. There are two issues here. The first is how to open a folder and the second

Re: Open Folder in Desktop

2005-01-25 Thread vincent wehren
Jimmy Retzlaff wrote: Kamilche wrote: sipped Folders like My Documents, My Pictures, etc. are special and you need to determine their actual path before you can open them. The pywin32 extensions (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018) include a way to get at this: from

Re: Open Folder in Desktop

2005-01-25 Thread Steve Holden
Kamilche wrote: Is there a command you can execute in Python that will open a window on the desktop, such as 'My Documents'? Kind of like 'system', but for folder names, not just programs. I'm running on Windows 2000. os.system(start .) works for me. regards Steve -- Steve Holden

Re: Open Folder in Desktop

2005-01-25 Thread Kamilche
Thanks, startfile worked great for me! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list