Below is a complete list of Windows variables. If you are writing any sort of script, PowerShell, or command line you will need to know:
- The variable for username is %username%
- The variable for the Windows Directory is %windir% or %systemroot%
- The variable for Program Files is %ProgramFiles% or %ProgramFiles(x86)%
- The variable for the current user profile is %UserProfile%
Below is a complete list of default variables. You can add as many more variables as you like by right clicking on the START BUTTON, selecting SYSTEM, selecting ADVANCED, selecting ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES button.
| Variable | Localized | Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista Path |
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE% | Yes | C:\ProgramData |
| %APPDATA% | Yes | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming |
| %CommonProgramFiles% | Yes | C:\Program Files\Common Files |
| %CommonProgramFiles(x86)% | Yes | C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files (64-bit version) |
| %CommonProgramW6432% | Yes | C:\Program Files\Common Files (64-bit version) |
| %COMPUTERNAME% | No | <computername> |
| %ComSpec% | No | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe |
| %HOMEDRIVE% | No | C: |
| %HOMEPATH% | Yes | \Users\<username> |
| %LOCALAPPDATA% | Yes | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local |
| %LOGONSERVER% | No | \\<domain_logon_server> |
| %PATH% | Yes | C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;<installed program paths> |
| %PATHEXT% | No | .com;.exe;.bat;.cmd;.vbs;.vbe;.js;.jse;.wsf;.wsh;.msc |
| %ProgramData% | Yes | %SystemDrive%\ProgramData |
| %ProgramFiles% | Yes | %SystemDrive%\Program Files |
| %ProgramFiles(x86)% | Yes | %SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86) (64-bit version) |
| %ProgramW6432% | Yes | %SystemDrive%\Program Files (64-bit version) |
| %PROMPT% | No | Current command prompt format, usually $P$G |
| %PSModulePath% | %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\ | |
| %PUBLIC% | Yes | %SystemDrive%\Users\Public |
| %SystemDrive% | No | C: |
| %SystemRoot% | No | %SystemDrive%\Windows |
| %TEMP% and %TMP% | Yes | %SystemRoot%\TEMP (system variables) %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp (user variables) |
| %USERDOMAIN% | No | <userdomain> |
| %USERNAME% | No | <username> |
| %USERPROFILE% | Yes | %SystemDrive%\Users\<username> |
| %windir% | No | %SystemDrive%\Windows |
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1 Comment
Moments Of Inspiration · October 31, 2019 at 11:15 pm
Is there a link to the Downloads folder as well?