Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
At 05:03 PM 3/4/2010, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 04:29 PM 3/4/2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? Interesting. Just checked on another 7 machine (this one 7 Ultimate instead of 7 Home Premium) and it shows the variable normally. Now I'm really confused. Has the username been changed? Try creating a new user and testing that and changing the name of a user that is working properly. The username hadn't been changed (it was the one from the Windows install) but when I created a new username, it worked fine. I then deleted the first username and recreated it and it worked fine too. Ahh, Microsoft - life would be so boring without your little tricks. :) T
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
At 05:10 PM 3/4/2010, Eli Allen wrote: The username comes from what is entered when you login not the actual username Yeah, but I'm clicking on the user to go into Windows, so I'm not typing anything. T
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
At 05:14 PM 3/4/2010, JRS wrote: When you run set from the command prompt, what does it show as the user? It was showing Fred-PC$. After recreating the user, it works. Weird. T -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 12:42:50 PM Subject: Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables At 04:29 PM 3/4/2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? Interesting. Just checked on another 7 machine (this one 7 Ultimate instead of 7 Home Premium) and it shows the variable normally. Now I'm really confused. T
[H] Windows 7 environment variables
I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? T
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
At 04:29 PM 3/4/2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? Interesting. Just checked on another 7 machine (this one 7 Ultimate instead of 7 Home Premium) and it shows the variable normally. Now I'm really confused. T
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
So am I confused, that you're still using batch files. Written anything in BASIC lately? No offense, just couldn't resist. LOL On 3/4/2010 2:42 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 04:29 PM 3/4/2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? Interesting. Just checked on another 7 machine (this one 7 Ultimate instead of 7 Home Premium) and it shows the variable normally. Now I'm really confused. T
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
At 04:57 PM 3/4/2010, Stan Zaske wrote: So am I confused, that you're still using batch files. Written anything in BASIC lately? No offense, just couldn't resist. LOL On 3/4/2010 2:42 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 04:29 PM 3/4/2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? Interesting. Just checked on another 7 machine (this one 7 Ultimate instead of 7 Home Premium) and it shows the variable normally. Now I'm really confused. T
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
At 04:57 PM 3/4/2010, Stan Zaske wrote: So am I confused, that you're still using batch files. Written anything in BASIC lately? No offense, just couldn't resist. LOL Batch is God's language. There are two many useful command line programs to dump it. T On 3/4/2010 2:42 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 04:29 PM 3/4/2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? Interesting. Just checked on another 7 machine (this one 7 Ultimate instead of 7 Home Premium) and it shows the variable normally. Now I'm really confused. T
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 04:29 PM 3/4/2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? Interesting. Just checked on another 7 machine (this one 7 Ultimate instead of 7 Home Premium) and it shows the variable normally. Now I'm really confused. Has the username been changed? Try creating a new user and testing that and changing the name of a user that is working properly. Christopher Fisk
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
The username comes from what is entered when you login not the actual username Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? T
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
When you run set from the command prompt, what does it show as the user? -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 12:42:50 PM Subject: Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables At 04:29 PM 3/4/2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? Interesting. Just checked on another 7 machine (this one 7 Ultimate instead of 7 Home Premium) and it shows the variable normally. Now I'm really confused. T
Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables
echo %username% results in the typical XP/2K/etc... expected output here under 7. On 3/4/2010 12:29 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is Fred, %username% is Fred in XP and Fred-PC$ in 7. Of course, that breaks the batch file. Am I doing something wrong or did MS really change this? T
