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Get language variants of C:\Program Files

I am about to distribute an app, and I am creating an installer. I know that apps in windows go to C:\Program Files but I am also aware that the folder changes its name depending on the language, for example, in spanish it is C:\Archivos de Programa

This is quite tricky because I do not want to have to detect the language of windows and then having to create a different variable for each path in a different language. Is there any way I can get the name of that folder from python so I can just use that to create a single path?

Solution

  • Use the PROGRAMFILES environment variable:

    >>> from os import environ
>>> environ['PROGRAMFILES']

'C:\Archivos de Programa'