from win32com.shell import shell df = shell.SHGetDesktopFolder() pidl = df.ParseDisplayName(0, None, "::{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}")[1] mydocs = shell.SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl)
Copied from Kevin Dangoor's blog here
http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2005/08/05/finding-a-users-my-documents-folder-on-windows/