from ctypes import windll
#https://stackoverflow.com/questions/827371/is-there-a-way-to-list-all-the-available-drive-letters-in-python u=RichieHindle
def get_drives():
    uppercase = map(chr,range(ord('A'),ord('A')+26))
    drives = []
    bitmask = windll.kernel32.GetLogicalDrives()
    for letter in uppercase:
        if bitmask & 1:
            drives.append(f'{letter}:\\')
        bitmask >>= 1

    return drives

def no_parents(paths):
	paths = sorted(paths,key=len)
	first = True
	ret = []
	while len(paths) > 0:
		el1 = old_paths[0]
		old_paths = paths[1:]
		paths = []
		for path in old_paths:
			if not paths.startswith(el1):
				paths.insert(0,path)
    return ret