From f00a0b1a619d6214276ef7cff6c510d836ae6f15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wmayer <wmayer@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 11:25:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] issue #0002638: Windows installer doesn't create the macro
 folder

---
 src/App/Application.cpp | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index 27ccfe52e6..04a4cd981f 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -2089,6 +2089,19 @@ void Application::ExtractUserPath()
         // the application due to branding reasons.
         appData += PATHSEP;
         mConfig["UserAppData"] = appData;
+
+        // Create the default macro directory
+        fi.setFile(getUserMacroDir());
+        if (!fi.exists() && !Py_IsInitialized()) {
+            if (!fi.createDirectory()) {
+                // If the creation fails only write an error but do not raise an
+                // exception because it doesn't prevent FreeCAD from working
+                std::string error = "Cannot create directory ";
+                error += fi.fileName();
+                // Want more details on console
+                std::cerr << error << std::endl;
+            }
+        }
     }
 #else
 # error "Implement ExtractUserPath() for your platform."