[Python-Dev] UUID module

Mon Jun 12 18:32:03 CEST 2006

Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> I'd like to, but i don't want to use a method for finding the system
> directory that depends on ctypes. Is there a more general way?

I think
os.path.join(os.environ["SystemRoot"], "system32")
should be fairly reliable. If people are worried that the directory
might not be system32, then
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows\SystemDirectory
gives you the value (although I could not find out how to expand
REG_EXPAND_SZ keys with _winreg).
Regards,
Martin