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Windows 7 Environment variables
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Windows 7 Environment variables
The variables most likely apply to later versions of Windows too.
Variable nameValue
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% (%PROGRAMDATA%) C:\ProgramData
%APPDATA% C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming
%COMPUTERNAME%{computername}
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%C:\Program Files\Common Files
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)%C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
%COMSPEC%C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
%HOMEDRIVE%C:
%HOMEPATH%\Users\{username}
%LOCALAPPDATA%C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local
%LOGONSERVER%\\{domain_logon_server}
%PATH%C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;{plus program paths}
%PATHEXT%.com;.exe;.bat;.cmd;.vbs;.vbe;.js;.jse;.wsf;.wsh;.msc
%PROGRAMFILES%C:\Program Files
%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%C:\Program Files (x86) (only in 64-bit version)
%PROMPT%Code for current command prompt format. Code is usually $P$G
%SystemDrive%C:
%SystemRoot%C:\Windows
%TEMP% and %TMP%C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp
%USERDOMAIN%{userdomain}
%USERNAME%{username}
%USERPROFILE%C:\Users\{username}
%WINDIR%C:\Windows
%PUBLIC%C:\Users\Public
%PROGRAMDATA%C:\ProgramData
%PSModulePath%%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\


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