# -*- coding: Windows-1251 -*-
'''
getenv_system.py
Get SYSTEM environment value, as if running under Service or SYSTEM account
Author: Denis Barmenkov <denis.barmenkov@gmail.com>
Copyright: this code is free, but if you want to use it,
please keep this multiline comment along with function source.
Thank you.
2006-01-28 15:30
'''
import os, win32api, win32con
def getenv_system(varname, default=''):
v = default
try:
rkey = win32api.RegOpenKey(win32con.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Environment')
try:
v = str(win32api.RegQueryValueEx(rkey, varname)[0])
v = win32api.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(v)
except:
pass
finally:
win32api.RegCloseKey(rkey)
return v
print 'SYSTEM.TEMP => %s' % getenv_system('TEMP')
print 'USER.TEMP => %s' % os.getenv('TEMP')
