You can use of these variables...
The meaning of each variable is in the middle of the table
On the right side of the table are typical values which can be expected (however,
real values may greatly differ)
NOTE: To get My Documents folder path, use USERPROFILE to get user profile
dir and then add '\My Documents' to it
|
Variable |
Meaning |
Typical value |
|
ALLUSERSPROFILE |
Path to All Users folder |
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users |
|
APPDATA |
Path to Application Data folder |
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data |
|
|
The computer name set by the user |
{computername} |
|
COMSPEC |
Path to cmd.exe |
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe |
|
HOMEDRIVE |
The home drive |
C:\ |
|
HOMEPATH |
Path to the user folder WITHOUT drive |
\Documents and Settings\{username} |
|
PROGRAMFILES |
Path to the Program Files directory |
C:\Program Files |
|
SYSTEMDRIVE |
The drive containing the Windows XP root directory |
C:\ |
|
SYSTEMROOT |
The Windows XP root directory, usually |
C:\Windows |
|
TEMP and TMP |
Path to temporary folder |
C:\DOCUME~1\{username}\LOCALS~1\Temp |
|
USERNAME |
The User name |
{username} |
|
USERPROFILE |
Path to user folder WITH drive |
C:\Documents and Settings\{username} |
|
WINDIR |
Windows directory |
C:\Windows |