Environment Variables
The Environment Variables section combines a series of system information such as User profile locations, OS, User Domain, Logon Server, and more. This is information that can be used by batch files during boot up or when running in a DOS environment..
Since this section is completely pulled from the system, the names and information are often spelled inconsistently using all upper case, combining words, etc. In addition the information varies from system to system depending on the applications installed. There are many more Properties than just these listed here, however these are the most common.
- ALLUSERSPROFILE – Displays the location of the Profile shared by all users
- APPDATA – Displays the location of the application data folder for the current user
- CommonProgramFiles – Displays the location of the Common Program Files folder. These files are used by software companies who release more than one product and wish to share certain files among their programs.
- COMPUTERNAME – Displays the name given to the Computer
- ComSpec – Displays the location of the cmd.exe file
- HOMEDRIVE – Displays the assigned Home Drive (See Home Directory)
- HOMEPATH – Displays the default assigned Home Path (See Home Directory)
- HOMESHARE – Displays the assigned Home Share (See Home Directory)
- LOGON SERVER – Display the name of the Logon Server
- NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS – Display the number of processors installed in the system
- OS – Displays the OS Engine currently running. (Note Windows 2000 will be displayed as Windows NT)
- Os2LibPath – Displays the location of the Os2LibPath
- Path – Display the default paths defined for use in a DOS environment
- PATHTEXT – Displays the executable extensions currently defined for the DOS environment
- PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE – Displays the Processor Architecture for the system. (most commonly x86)
- PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER – Displays CPU information including stepping and Model (See General CPU Information)
- PROCESSOR_LEVEL – Displays the Processor Level
- PROCESSOR_REVISION – Displays the Processor Revision
- ProgramFiles – Displays the location of the Program Files directory
- SystemDrive – Display the location of the System Drive (Most commonly C:\)
- SystemRoot – Display the location of the System Root (Most Commonly C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT)
- TEMP – Displays the default temp folder for the current user
- TMP – Displays the default temp folder for the current user
- USERDOMAIN – Displays the current User Domain
- USERNAME – Displays the username of the person currently logged into the domain
- USERPROFILE – Displays the location of the current user Profile
- windir – Display the location of the System Root (Most Commonly C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT)
To open the Environment Variables section:
From the Cool Info XP View Menu, click on Environment Variables.
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