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Windows Environment Variables

Environment Variables from Wikipedia article:
Default Values on Microsoft Windows
Variable | Windows XP | Windows Vista |
---|---|---|
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% | C:\Documents and Settings\All Users | C:\ProgramData |
%APPDATA% | C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data | C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming |
%COMPUTERNAME% | {computername} | {computername} |
%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 |
%COMSPEC% | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe |
%HOMEDRIVE% | C: | C: |
%HOMEPATH% | \Documents and Settings\{username} | \Users\{username} |
%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;.jse;.wsf;.wsh;.msc |
%PROGRAMFILES% | C:\Program Files | C:\Program Files |
%PROGRAMFILES(X86)% | C:\Program Files (x86) (only in 64-bit version) | C:\Program Files (x86) (only in 64-bit version) |
%PROMPT% | Code for current command prompt format. Code is usually $P$G | Code for current command prompt format. Code is usually $P$G |
%SYSTEMDRIVE% | C: | C: |
%SystemRoot% | The Windows directory, usually C:\Windows, formerly C:\WINNT | C:\Windows |
%TEMP% and %TMP% | C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temp | C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp |
%USERNAME% | {username} | {username} |
%USERPROFILE% | C:\Documents and Settings\{username} | C:\Users\{username} |
%WINDIR% | C:\Windows | C:\Windows |
%PUBLIC% | C:\Users\Public |

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