How to find path to desktop in python [duplicate]

Question

I am new to the os library and I was wondering how I could find the path for any user who uses windows and access their desktop directory using python. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Previous solutions won't work if the Desktop folder was manually changed by the user (to a OneDrive folder or whatever...).

This will work:

from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
desktop = shell.SHGetFolderPath (0, shellcon.CSIDL_DESKTOP, 0, 0)

Answer 2

You can do it by using os.environ mapping and add the Desktop path

import os
print(os.environ['USERPROFILE'] + '\Desktop')