Local appdata location on MS Store python is not what orca thinks it is #32

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ilidemi · 2023-08-09T02:58:43Z

ilidemi commented

2023-08-09 02:58:43 +00:00

Writes to C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/orca get redirected to C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/Packages/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0/LocalCache/Local/orca on my install. This is intended MS Store behavior: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/desktop/desktop-to-uwp-behind-the-scenes#file-system

Asking the shell to do the dirty work is one solution:

>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> p = Path("C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/orca")
>>> p.resolve()
WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/Packages/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0/LocalCache/Local/orca')
>>> with open('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/copy.bat', 'w') as f:
...     f.write(f'xcopy {p.resolve()} {p}\\ /s /e')
... 
154
>>> subprocess.run([Path('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/copy.bat').resolve()]) 
[...]
48 File(s) copied

Writes to `C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/orca` get redirected to `C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/Packages/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0/LocalCache/Local/orca` on my install. This is intended MS Store behavior: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/desktop/desktop-to-uwp-behind-the-scenes#file-system Asking the shell to do the dirty work is one solution: ``` >>> from pathlib import Path >>> p = Path("C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/orca") >>> p.resolve() WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/Packages/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0/LocalCache/Local/orca') >>> with open('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/copy.bat', 'w') as f: ... f.write(f'xcopy {p.resolve()} {p}\\ /s /e') ... 154 >>> subprocess.run([Path('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/copy.bat').resolve()]) [...] 48 File(s) copied ```

ilidemi commented

2023-08-09 03:04:18 +00:00

Simpler solution:

>>> subprocess.run(['xcopy', p.resolve(), p, '/E', '/I'], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
CompletedProcess(args=['xcopy', WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/Packages/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0/LocalCache/Local/orca'), WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/orca'), '/E', '/I'], returncode=0)

Simpler solution: ``` >>> subprocess.run(['xcopy', p.resolve(), p, '/E', '/I'], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL) CompletedProcess(args=['xcopy', WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/Packages/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0/LocalCache/Local/orca'), WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/orca'), '/E', '/I'], returncode=0) ```

bvisness added this to the Jam MVP milestone 2023-08-09 17:20:44 +00:00

bvisness self-assigned this 2023-08-09 17:20:50 +00:00

bvisness commented

2023-08-10 00:45:41 +00:00

Confoundingly, when I install Python from the MS Store, I don't get the same behavior:

Python 3.9.13 (tags/v3.9.13:6de2ca5, May 17 2022, 16:36:42) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> p = Path("C:/Users/bvisn/AppData/Local/orca") 
>>> p.resolve()
WindowsPath('C:/Users/bvisn/AppData/Local/orca')

It would really be convenient if I could actually reproduce this...

Confoundingly, when I install Python from the MS Store, I don't get the same behavior: ``` Python 3.9.13 (tags/v3.9.13:6de2ca5, May 17 2022, 16:36:42) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from pathlib import Path >>> p = Path("C:/Users/bvisn/AppData/Local/orca") >>> p.resolve() WindowsPath('C:/Users/bvisn/AppData/Local/orca') ``` It would really be convenient if I could actually reproduce this...

bvisness commented

2023-08-10 00:52:22 +00:00

Ok, bizarre. Because AppData\Local\orca already existed on my system, it didn't do the redirect shenanigans. If I delete that folder, I reproduce it just fine.

Ok, bizarre. Because `AppData\Local\orca` already existed on my system, it didn't do the redirect shenanigans. If I delete that folder, I reproduce it just fine.

ilidemi commented

2023-08-10 00:58:52 +00:00

The doc link mentions:

Modifications to existing files under the user's AppData folder is allowed in order to provide a higher degree of compatibility and interactivity between apps and the OS.

Same happens if I try to resolve a non-existing path:

>>> p = Path("C:/Users/ilia/Appdata/Local/abacabadabacaba")
>>> p.resolve()
WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/abacabadabacaba')
>>> with open(p, 'w') as f:
...     f.write('hi')
...
2
>>> p.resolve()
WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/Packages/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0/LocalCache/Local/abacabadabacaba')

The doc link mentions: > Modifications to existing files under the user's AppData folder is allowed in order to provide a higher degree of compatibility and interactivity between apps and the OS. Same happens if I try to resolve a non-existing path: ``` >>> p = Path("C:/Users/ilia/Appdata/Local/abacabadabacaba") >>> p.resolve() WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/abacabadabacaba') >>> with open(p, 'w') as f: ... f.write('hi') ... 2 >>> p.resolve() WindowsPath('C:/Users/ilia/AppData/Local/Packages/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0/LocalCache/Local/abacabadabacaba') ```

ilidemi commented

2023-08-10 01:02:23 +00:00

This may also mean that after shelling to xcopy the original folder won't be possible to delete from python code. So it'd either need a different name or another shell command to remove itself.

bvisness referenced this issue from a commit

2023-08-10 01:15:20 +00:00

Dodge AppData problems on Windows (#32)

bvisness commented

2023-08-10 01:16:07 +00:00

It seems that all I have to do is create the folders using the shell, and then the rest all works fine, no xcopy.

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2023-08-16 23:48:03 +00:00

Dodge AppData problems on Windows (#32)

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2023-08-18 14:49:38 +00:00

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