how do you know where python in blender is looking to get a file and why if I explicitly refer to a path eg C:\aaa.txt using File.Open or Image.Load etc would it still not find it?
Yes… Im learning python. I’ve been an application developer for 10 years (professionally - about 20+ as a hobby : ) ) so im just trying to tranfer skills…
cheers
DSD
i think if i get what you are after… if you want to put in an absolute directory you need to make a directory wiht a path like this:
mypath = “c:\blender emp emptemp”
get called a this:
mypath = “c:\blender\ emp\ emptemp”
this is because the ‘’ character is a special character.
a good python reference i have found is found here -> http://rgruet.free.fr/PQR2.3.html
cheers mate 
or use :
mypath = "c:/blender/temp/temptemp"
Even on Windows that will work 