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  • Committer: Martin Pool
  • Date: 2007-08-21 03:40:50 UTC
  • mfrom: (2736 +trunk)
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 2737.
  • Revision ID: mbp@sourcefrog.net-20070821034050-gcppw53kbcm2gwgd
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            expanded_file_list += glob_files
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    return [elem.replace(u'\\', u'/') for elem in expanded_file_list] 
 
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def get_app_path(appname):
 
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    """Look up in Windows registry for full path to application executable.
 
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    Typicaly, applications create subkey with their basename
 
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    in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\
 
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    :param  appname:    name of application (if no filename extension
 
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                        is specified, .exe used)
 
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    :return:    full path to aplication executable from registry,
 
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                or appname itself if nothing found.
 
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    """
 
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    import _winreg
 
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    try:
 
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        hkey = _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
 
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                               r'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows'
 
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                               r'\CurrentVersion\App Paths')
 
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    except EnvironmentError:
 
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        return appname
 
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    basename = appname
 
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    if not os.path.splitext(basename)[1]:
 
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        basename = appname + '.exe'
 
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    try:
 
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        try:
 
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            fullpath = _winreg.QueryValue(hkey, basename)
 
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        except WindowsError:
 
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            fullpath = appname
 
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    finally:
 
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        _winreg.CloseKey(hkey)
 
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    return fullpath