From ffcf6b873a5f16f843c991394a82ebfbbd4f3c3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 17:21:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Use native Windows API for getting My Documents folder path

---
 platformio/app.py               | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 platformio/commands/settings.py |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/platformio/app.py b/platformio/app.py
index 2217c671..c2b95967 100644
--- a/platformio/app.py
+++ b/platformio/app.py
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ from platformio.project.helpers import (get_project_cache_dir,
                                         get_project_core_dir)
 
 
+def get_default_projects_dir():
+    docs_dir = join(expanduser("~"), "Documents")
+    try:
+        assert WINDOWS
+        import ctypes.wintypes
+        buf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(ctypes.wintypes.MAX_PATH)
+        ctypes.windll.shell32.SHGetFolderPathW(None, 5, None, 0, buf)
+        docs_dir = buf.value
+    except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
+        pass
+    return join(docs_dir, "PlatformIO", "Projects")
+
+
 def projects_dir_validate(projects_dir):
     assert isdir(projects_dir)
     return abspath(projects_dir)
@@ -77,7 +90,7 @@ DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
     },
     "projects_dir": {
         "description": "Default location for PlatformIO projects (PIO Home)",
-        "value": join(expanduser("~"), "Documents", "PlatformIO", "Projects"),
+        "value": get_default_projects_dir(),
         "validator": projects_dir_validate
     },
 }
diff --git a/platformio/commands/settings.py b/platformio/commands/settings.py
index d1d5ad59..5fa20993 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/settings.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/settings.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import click
 
 from platformio import app
+from platformio.compat import string_types
 
 
 @click.group(short_help="Manage PlatformIO settings")
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ def cli():
 @click.argument("name", required=False)
 def settings_get(name):
 
-    list_tpl = "{name:<40} {value:<35} {description}"
+    list_tpl = u"{name:<40} {value:<35} {description}"
     terminal_width, _ = click.get_terminal_size()
 
     click.echo(
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ def settings_get(name):
             continue
         _value = app.get_setting(_name)
 
-        _value_str = str(_value)
+        _value_str = (str(_value)
+                      if not isinstance(_value, string_types) else _value)
         if isinstance(_value, bool):
             _value_str = "Yes" if _value else "No"
         _value_str = click.style(_value_str, fg="green")