@m_adam thanks
so using c4d.documents.SaveDocument the window is still showing up.. even with "SAVEDOCUMENTFLAGS_NONE" or "SAVEDOCUMENTFLAGS_AUTOSAVE"
could it still be showing up because of an error in the file path its trying to save to or something like that?

is there a built in way to convert the render setting file tokens to what they are represent?
also is there a way to save a .c4d file with out the file location window popping up using python?