NTFS file system has junction points, I think you may use them instead, You can use python win32 API module for that e.g. import win32file win32file.CreateSymbolicLink(fileSrc, fileTarget, 1) If you do not want to rely on win32API module, you can always use ctypes and directly call CreateSymbolicLink win32 API e.g. import ctypes kdll = ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(“kernel32.dll”) … Read more
After I copy pywintypes26.dll and pythoncom26.dll from C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\pywin32_system32 to C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\win32 -> Solve the problem!
Should you wish to do it without the win32 extensions, you can use ctypes to call SHGetFolderPath: >>> import ctypes.wintypes >>> CSIDL_PERSONAL= 5 # My Documents >>> SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT= 0 # Want current, not default value >>> buf= ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(ctypes.wintypes.MAX_PATH) >>> ctypes.windll.shell32.SHGetFolderPathW(0, CSIDL_PERSONAL, 0, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, buf) 0 >>> buf.value u’C:\\Documents and Settings\\User\\My Documents’
Spoiler alert!!! Applied #2.2. (from below) to the original .whls, and published them on [GitHub]: CristiFati/Prebuilt-Binaries – (master) Prebuilt-Binaries/PyWin32/v225 (win_amd64, win32 for Python 3.8). After installing (one of) them, existing code should work OOTB (with respect to this issue). Install steps: Download the .whl that matches your Python architecture (64bit, 32bit – for more details … Read more
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