> ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:40:27 -0800 > From: Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [python-win32] winshell error > To: Python-Win32 List <python-win32@python.org> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Mike Driscoll wrote: > > I have a Python login script that runs various things on > login for the > > users in our Windows domain. Every once in a while, I'll > get a traceback > > when I use winshell to try to find the user's desktop. The > offending code > > is: > > > > userDesktop = winshell.desktop() > > > > And the traceback: > > ... > > com_error: (-2147467259, 'Unspecified error', None, None) > > > > That's 80004005, or E_FAIL. Not very helpful. > > How quickly does this run? At login time, there is a transition from > the login window station to the interactive window station. > The login > window station runs under a system user account that doesn't have a > desktop. As an experiment, you might try adding a delay of a > few seconds.
The run time depends on which location the user is in. We have some users on a T1 and others on microwave. This particular user is on the T1, so the script probably runs 20-40 seconds depending on the load. We have set a registry setting to force the login script to run before the desktop is loaded...not sure if that helps though. I'll ask my boss if putting in a delay is something he would want. > > Is it possible that this happens for a user that doesn't > currently have > a profile on that machine? It takes time for the system to > build a new > profile for a first-time user, and until it's built, the > CSIDLs probably > do not exist. This is a possibility, I suppose. I know that this user has been with our company for quite a while, but since his department shares PCs, he may have logged into a PC that he hasn't logged into before or that has had its profiles cleaned. I don't suppose anyone knows how to do a logout script? There are some things that would be better off if we could do them on logout rather than login. > > -- > Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. > > Mike Driscoll Applications Specialist _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
