如何获取已安装应用程序的基本父文件夹？

Question

For example, ClamWin.exe is installed in the "ClamWin" folder, which contains a lib and bin folder, however just using "Path".parent returns me the bin folder, I will to go all the way up to the ClamWin folder and ensure that it will work for the other applications eg Minecraft.exe in Minecraft folder avp.exe in the kaspersky folder

Using python

Answer 1

If it is only used on windows, I think you can consider using the registry to obtain the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths\\Bandizip.exe

If you get the parent folder recursively until you reach 'Program Files', this may not be universal