Sunday, 17 April 2016

What are predefined environment variables in Windows ?


Common predefined environment variables

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%  
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users

%APPDATA%  
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data

%COMPUTERNAME%  
{computername}

%COMSPEC%   
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

%HOMEDRIVE%   
C: %HOMEPATH% \Documents and Settings\{username}

%PATH%   
C:\Windows\System32\;C:\Windows\;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem

%PATHEXT%     
.COM; .EXE; .BAT; .CMD; .VBS; .VBE; .JS ; .WSF; .WSH

%PROGRAMFILES%       
Directory containing program files, usually C:\Program Files

%PROMPT%
Code for current command prompt format. Code is usually $P$G

%SYSTEMDRIVE%
The drive containing the Windows XP root directory, usually C:

%SYSTEMROOT%
The Windows XP root directory, usually C:\Windows %TEMP% and %TMP% C:\DOCUME~1\{username}\LOCALS~1\Temp

%USERNAME%
{username}

%USERPROFILE%
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}

%WINDIR%
C:\Windows


Some dynamic environment variables
%DATE%
Current date in the format determined by the Date command

%TIME%
Current time in the format determined by the Time command

%CD%
Current directory with its full path

%ERRORLEVEL%
Number defining exit status of a previous command or program

%RANDOM%
Random number between 0 and 32767

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