diff --git a/LadybugTools_Engine/Compute/InstallPythonEnv_LBT.cs b/LadybugTools_Engine/Compute/InstallPythonEnv_LBT.cs
index 91d52dc1..1b75693e 100644
--- a/LadybugTools_Engine/Compute/InstallPythonEnv_LBT.cs
+++ b/LadybugTools_Engine/Compute/InstallPythonEnv_LBT.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static partial class Compute
         public static PythonEnvironment InstallPythonEnv_LBT(bool run = false, bool reinstall = false)
         {
             // check if referenced Python is installed
-            string referencedExecutable = @"C:\Program Files\ladybug_tools\python\python.exe";
+            string referencedExecutable = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) + @"\ladybug_tools\python\python.exe";
 
             if (!Query.IsPollinationInstalled())
             {
diff --git a/LadybugTools_Engine/Python/src/ladybugtools_toolkit/bhom/__init__.py b/LadybugTools_Engine/Python/src/ladybugtools_toolkit/bhom/__init__.py
index 0752b46f..0a3d66bc 100644
--- a/LadybugTools_Engine/Python/src/ladybugtools_toolkit/bhom/__init__.py
+++ b/LadybugTools_Engine/Python/src/ladybugtools_toolkit/bhom/__init__.py
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 """Root for the bhom subpackage."""
 
 from pathlib import Path  # pylint: disable=E0401
+from os import path
 
 from win32api import HIWORD, LOWORD, GetFileVersionInfo
 
-BHOM_ASSEMBLIES_DIRECTORY = Path("C:/ProgramData/BHoM/Assemblies")
-BHOM_DIRECTORY = Path("C:/ProgramData/BHoM")
-BHOM_LOG_FOLDER = Path("C:/ProgramData/BHoM/Logs")
+BHOM_ASSEMBLIES_DIRECTORY = Path(path.expandvars("%PROGRAMDATA%/BHoM/Assemblies"))
+BHOM_DIRECTORY = Path(path.expandvars("%PROGRAMDATA%/BHoM"))
+BHOM_LOG_FOLDER = Path(path.expandvars("%PROGRAMDATA%/BHoM/Logs"))
 
-PYTHON_CODE_DIRECTORY = Path("C:/ProgramData/BHoM/Extensions/PythonCode")
-PYTHON_ENVIRONMENTS_DIRECTORY = Path(
-    "C:/ProgramData/BHoM/Extensions/PythonEnvironments"
-)
+PYTHON_CODE_DIRECTORY = Path(path.expandvars("%PROGRAMDATA%/BHoM/Extensions/PythonCode"))
+PYTHON_ENVIRONMENTS_DIRECTORY = Path(path.expandvars("%PROGRAMDATA%/BHoM/Extensions/PythonEnvironments"))
 
 TOOLKIT_NAME = "LadybugTools_Toolkit"
 
diff --git a/LadybugTools_Engine/Query/IsPollinationInstalled.cs b/LadybugTools_Engine/Query/IsPollinationInstalled.cs
index 2f65592e..b10442c5 100644
--- a/LadybugTools_Engine/Query/IsPollinationInstalled.cs
+++ b/LadybugTools_Engine/Query/IsPollinationInstalled.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public static partial class Query
         public static bool IsPollinationInstalled(string targetPollinationVersion = "1.38.104", bool includeBuildNumber = false)
         {
             // check if referenced Python is installed
-            string referencedExecutable = @"C:\Program Files\ladybug_tools\python\python.exe";
+            string referencedExecutable = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) + @"\ladybug_tools\python\python.exe";
             if (!File.Exists(referencedExecutable))
             {
                 Base.Compute.RecordError($"Could not find referenced python executable at {referencedExecutable}. Please install Pollination version {targetPollinationVersion} and try again.");
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public static bool IsPollinationInstalled(string targetPollinationVersion = "1.3
             }
 
             // obtain version of pollination installed
-            string referencedUninstaller = @"C:\Program Files\ladybug_tools\uninstall.exe";
+            string referencedUninstaller = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) + @"\ladybug_tools\uninstall.exe";
             FileVersionInfo versionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(referencedUninstaller);
             if (includeBuildNumber && (versionInfo.ProductVersion != targetPollinationVersion))
             {