[Python-Dev] py.ini documentation improvement (original) (raw)

Tim Delaney timothy.c.delaney at gmail.com
Fri Nov 29 01:06:24 CET 2013

On 29 November 2013 10:59, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

On 11/28/2013 5:35 PM, martin at v.loewis.de wrote:

Quoting Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>: 'Two .ini files will be searched by the launcher' sort of implies to me that the files exist. On my Win7 machine, echo %LOCALAPPDATA% returns C:\Users\Terry\AppData\Local. If I go to Users/Terry with Explorer, there is no AppData. (Same with admin user.)

I initially intended to write "there is no AppData visible". Then I switched to my win7 admin account and there was still no AppData visible, for any user. This is unlike with XP where things not visible to 'users' become visible as admin.

By default in Win7 AppData is a hidden folder - you need to go to Tools | Folder Options | View | Show hidden files, folders and drives to see it in Explorer (no matter what user you're logged in as).

If the py.ini location does become defined in terms of %LOCALAPPDATA% then suggesting to use that value in the Explorer address bar would probably be the easiest way for people to get to the correct directory.

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