Hi Dave
Do you have some sort of reference to the environment variables. A web site
would be good because $SystemRoot is not in the metacard index
Best Regards
Monte
>From: Dave Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Windows 2000 & MetaCard
>Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 23:16:21 +0000
>
>At 12:21 PM -0800 11/7/00, Scott Rossi wrote:
>
>>For any of you writing routines to deal with "standard" file locations,
>>you
>>may want to take this into account when using MC to search for or place
>>files on Win2000 systems. The workaround I used was to first test for the
>>existence of a "windows" directory, and failing that, to look for "winnt".
>>
>>If anyone has an explanation for the different directory names, please
>>share. Otherwise I'll assume it's because Microsoft wants to make my life
>>difficult.
>
>
>Hi Scott
>
>I guess the different directories may be because of upgrading from
>different previous versions, e.g. from NT to 2000 or Win 98 to 2000.
>
>To get the system directory, try the $SystemRoot global environmental
>variable. To test, in the message box: "put $SystemRoot"
>
>Cheers
>Dave Cragg
>
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