Windows Environment Variables

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Variable Default: Windows XP Default: Windows 7
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% C:\Documents and Settings\All Users C:\ProgramData
%APPDATA% C:\Documents and Settings{username}\Application Data C:\Users{username}\AppData\Roaming
%CommonProgramFiles% C:\Program Files\Common Files C:\Program Files\Common Files
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)% C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
%COMPUTERNAME% {computername} {computername}
%COMSPEC% C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
%HOMEDRIVE% C: C:
%HOMEPATH% \Documents and Settings{username} \Users{username}
%LOCALAPPDATA% N/A C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local
%LOGONSERVER% \{domain_logon_server} \{domain_logon_server}
%PATH% C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;{plus program paths} C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;{plus program paths}
%PATHEXT% .COM; .EXE; .BAT; .CMD; .VBS; .VBE; .JS ; .WSF; .WSH; .COM; .EXE; .BAT; .CMD; .VBS; .VBE; .JS ; .WSF; .WSH; .MSC
%ProgramData% N/A C:\ProgramData
%ProgramFiles% C:\Program Files C:\Program Files
%ProgramFiles(x86)% 1 C:\Program Files (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)
%PROMPT% Code for current command prompt format,usually $P$G Code for current command prompt format,usually $P$G
%PSModulePath% N/A %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\
%Public% N/A C:\Users\Public
%SYSTEMDRIVE% C: C:
%SYSTEMROOT% C:\Windows C:\Windows
%TEMP% and %TMP% C:\Documents and Settings{username}\Local Settings\Temp C:\Users{Username}\AppData\Local\Temp
%USERDOMAIN% {userdomain} {userdomain}
%USERNAME% {username} {username}
%USERPROFILE% %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings{username} %SystemDrive%\Users{username}
%WINDIR% C:\Windows C:\Windows
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Posted by Arne to Arne's bookmarks (2011-12-15 07:40)