Yes, I know; my thought was that there aren't environment variables for everything he may want to get to; take "favorites" as an example. to get to it, as far as I know, you use %UserProfile%\favorites and that's the kind of list I thought he'd find when googling.
Chip -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 1:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Standard paths in Windows Chances are, he's missing something while reviewing the command prompt. Set displays all environment variables that are "set," so Jeff's suggestion will show them all. Aaron On 1/9/2010 12:05 PM, Chip Orange wrote: > he said that he has done that already, and what he's looking for isn't > there. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > *From:* Jeff Bishop [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, January 09, 2010 11:58 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Standard paths in Windows > > Simply drop to a command prompt and issue a command like: > > Set > c:\envlist.txt > > You will get a list. > > *From:* Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, January 09, 2010 9:53 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Standard paths in Windows > > take the few you do know (such as appdata and userprofile) and google > them together; you'll likely come up with a page listing them all. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > *From:* David [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, January 09, 2010 7:57 AM > *To:* Scripting List WE > *Subject:* Standard paths in Windows > > As you know, the %appdata% variable in Windows, holds the full pthname > pathname to the Application Data folder for the current user. I know, > there should be similar variables for 'my documents', 'favorites' and > so forth. Does anyone know, of a list of all the available variables > in Windows? I did try the SET command, in the cmd window, but it only > lists some of the variables (doesn't give me the variable for my > favorites folder, for instance). > > Thanks alot, > -- To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team. Aaron Smith GW Micro Phone: 260/489-3671 Fax: 260/489-2608 WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com Technical Support & Web Development
