Windows 10 [verified] | Installation Directory

This feature provides comprehensive Windows 10 installation directory handling with proper validation, security checks, and user guidance.

def validate_install_directory(self, path: str, create_if_missing: bool = False) -> Tuple[bool, Optional[str]]: """ Validate if a directory is suitable for installation on Windows 10 Returns: (is_valid, error_message) """ try: path_obj = Path(path).resolve() # Check 1: Path length if len(str(path_obj)) > self.MAX_PATH_LENGTH: return False, f"Path exceeds Windows 10 self.MAX_PATH_LENGTH character limit" # Check 2: Reserved system paths for reserved in self.RESERVED_PATHS: if path_obj.absolute().as_posix().lower().find(reserved.lower()) != -1: return False, f"Cannot install in Windows system directory: reserved" # Check 3: Root directory if path_obj.anchor == str(path_obj): return False, "Cannot install directly to drive root" # Check 4: Contains invalid characters for Windows 10 invalid_chars = ['<', '>', ':', '"', '|', '?', '*', '\x00'] for char in invalid_chars: if char in str(path_obj.name): return False, f"Path contains invalid character: char" # Check 5: Reserved names (Windows 10) reserved_names = ['CON', 'PRN', 'AUX', 'NUL', 'COM1', 'COM2', 'COM3', 'COM4', 'COM5', 'COM6', 'COM7', 'COM8', 'COM9', 'LPT1', 'LPT2', 'LPT3', 'LPT4', 'LPT5', 'LPT6', 'LPT7', 'LPT8', 'LPT9'] if path_obj.name.upper() in reserved_names: return False, f"Reserved Windows device name: path_obj.name" # Check 6: Permissions if not self._has_write_permission(path_obj.parent if not path_obj.exists() else path_obj): return False, "Insufficient write permissions in target directory" # Create directory if needed if create_if_missing and not path_obj.exists(): try: path_obj.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) except PermissionError: return False, "Permission denied when creating directory" except OSError as e: return False, f"Failed to create directory: str(e)" return True, None except Exception as e: return False, f"Validation error: str(e)" installation directory windows 10

def _get_default_paths(self) -> dict: """Get standard Windows 10 installation directories""" return InstallLocation.PROGRAM_FILES: os.environ.get("ProgramFiles", "C:\\Program Files"), InstallLocation.PROGRAM_FILES_X86: os.environ.get("ProgramFiles(x86)", "C:\\Program Files (x86)"), InstallLocation.LOCAL_APPDATA: os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA", "C:\\Users\\%USERNAME%\\AppData\\Local") and user guidance. def validate_install_directory(self