2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/frontEnd/Application.py b/src/frontEnd/Application.py
index ba971006..b852a941 100755
--- a/src/frontEnd/Application.py
+++ b/src/frontEnd/Application.py
@@ -926,9 +926,12 @@ def main(args):
     appView.obj_workspace.returnWhetherClickedOrNot(appView)
 
     try:
-        file = open(os.path.join(
-            os.path.expanduser("~"), ".esim/workspace.txt"), 'r'
-        )
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            user_home = os.path.join('library', 'config')
+        else:
+            user_home = os.path.expanduser('~')
+
+        file = open(os.path.join(user_home, ".esim/workspace.txt"), 'r')
         work = int(file.read(1))
         file.close()
     except IOError:
diff --git a/src/frontEnd/Workspace.py b/src/frontEnd/Workspace.py
index 4d033539..fca73e39 100755
--- a/src/frontEnd/Workspace.py
+++ b/src/frontEnd/Workspace.py
@@ -124,9 +124,13 @@ class Workspace(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 
         self.obj_appconfig.workspace_check = self.chkbox.checkState()
         print(self.workspace_loc.text())
-        file = open(os.path.join(
-            os.path.expanduser("~"), ".esim/workspace.txt"), 'w'
-        )
+
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            user_home = os.path.join('library', 'config')
+        else:
+            user_home = os.path.expanduser('~')
+
+        file = open(os.path.join(user_home, ".esim/workspace.txt"), 'w')
         file.writelines(
             str(self.obj_appconfig.workspace_check) +
             " " + self.workspace_loc.text()