import os
current_user = os.getlogin()
target_path = r"C:\Users\{I want the current user variable inserted here}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
but it just prints out as
"C:\Users\current_user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
CodePudding user response:
I believe you want
target_path = rf"C:\Users\{current_user}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
but even better is
target_path = os.environ["APPDATA"} "\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup"
CodePudding user response:
Use a format string, not a raw string:
import os
current_user = os.getlogin()
target_path = rf"C:\Users\{current_user}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
We use rf
rather than f
here, as we need to prevent \U
from being interpreted as a Unicode escape sequence, as Brian points out.