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Find the "My Documents" folder on Windows (See related posts)

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/

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