Any universal keyword to be use in place of user's name folder in directory in Windows

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I'm trying to make a video downloader python program on windows. In my computer, the download folder is in C:\Users\Suraj\Downloads. If someone else uses my code in their computer, the download folder is in C:\Users*XYZ\Downloads. How to solve this directory problem(Suraj, XYZ)?

This answers your question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35851281/python-finding-the-users-downloads-folder — abdusco, Jul 20 '19 at 08:36
Possible duplicate of [python - Finding the user's "Downloads" folder](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35851281/python-finding-the-users-downloads-folder) — user2653663, Jul 20 '19 at 08:44

Daweo · Answer 1 · 2019-07-20T08:37:37.380

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For me it looks that you are looking for os.path.expanduser, which can be used following way:

import os
homepath = os.path.expanduser('~')
downloadspath = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~','Downloads'))

according to docs it should work in Linux as well Windows, but I did not test second, so please test it before use.

edited Jul 20 '19 at 08:37

answered Jul 20 '19 at 08:37

Daweo

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User may have changed the location of Downloads folder, though. – abdusco Jul 20 '19 at 08:37

Any universal keyword to be use in place of user's name folder in directory in Windows

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