Win32com shell: list "Dieser PC" with Apple Iphone - Issue with pywebview

[baschni]

Hello,

using pywin32 together with pywebview I noticed unexpected behaviour. I would like to use the shell to list everything in the windows folder "Dieser PC"/"This computer".

I made a minimal demonstration example:

from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
from webview import create_window, start, windows

class Api():
    def listFoldersDieserPC(self):

        folder = shell.SHGetDesktopFolder()
        for item in folder:
            print("loop: ", folder.GetDisplayNameOf(item, shellcon.SHGDN_NORMAL))
            if folder.GetDisplayNameOf(item, shellcon.SHGDN_NORMAL) == "Dieser PC":
                new_folder = folder.BindToObject(item, None, shell.IID_IShellFolder)
                break

        # list folders in Dieser PC/This Computer
        for item in new_folder:
            print("loop: ", new_folder.GetDisplayNameOf(item, shellcon.SHGDN_NORMAL))


api = Api()
window = create_window('Test', 'index.html', js_api=api, min_size=(600, 450))
api.listFoldersDieserPC()
print("now from the browser")
start()

With index.html:
<button value="asdf" onClick="window.pywebview.api.listFoldersDieserPC()">List Folders</button>

The first time I call the function api.listFoldersDieserPC directly from python, the second time through the button in the pywebview browser window.

This is the output:

loop: Dieser PC
loop: Downloads
loop: Bilder
loop: Musik
loop: Desktop
loop: Dokumente
loop: Videos
loop: Apple iPhone
loop: Local Disk (C:)
now from the browser
loop: Dieser PC
loop: Downloads
loop: Bilder
loop: Musik
loop: Desktop
loop: Dokumente
loop: Videos
loop: Local Disk (C:)

Process finished with exit code 0

It is the same, except that the folder for Apple iPhone is missing on the second go.

Why is the shell behaving differently here? What can I change to make it show the "Apple iPhone" entry also on the function call from the pywebview browser?

Kind regards
Bastian

[mhammond]

This sounds like a support request