From cf9c39fa84f560334fe543f6514f051fe324339e 2015-02-28 16:43:25 From: Adal Chiriliuc Date: 2015-02-28 16:43:25 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Windows HOME folder Starting from Vista, the Windows HOME folder was changed from "C:\\Documents and Settings" to "C:\\Users" See the bottom of this page: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx --- diff --git a/IPython/core/usage.py b/IPython/core/usage.py index 9d73c82..91ddb8f 100644 --- a/IPython/core/usage.py +++ b/IPython/core/usage.py @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Usage is a separate configuration directory for each profile. The default profile directory will be located in $IPYTHONDIR/profile_default. IPYTHONDIR defaults to to `$HOME/.ipython`. For Windows users, $HOME resolves to - C:\\Documents and Settings\\YourUserName in most instances. + C:\\Users\\YourUserName in most instances. To initialize a profile with the default configuration file, do::