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Default Environment Variable Values of Windows 7 - XP - Binbert

The document lists and compares the default environment variable values in Windows XP and Windows 7. Many environment variables are similar between the two versions but some have different default paths, particularly for newer features in Windows 7 like %LOCALAPPDATA% and %PROGRAMDATA%.

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Default Environment Variable Values of Windows 7 - XP - Binbert

The document lists and compares the default environment variable values in Windows XP and Windows 7. Many environment variables are similar between the two versions but some have different default paths, particularly for newer features in Windows 7 like %LOCALAPPDATA% and %PROGRAMDATA%.

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Default Environment variable Values of Windows 7 / xp

Windows XP Environment variables


Variable Windows XP

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%

(%PROGRAMDATA%) C:\Documents and Settings\All Users

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

%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% \Documents and Settings\{username}

%LOCALAPPDATA% Not available

%LOGONSERVER% \\{domain_logon_server}

C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;

%PATH% {plus program paths}

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

%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% The Windows directory, usually C:\Windows, formerly C:\WINNT

%TEMP% and %TMP% C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temp

%USERDOMAIN% {userdomain}

%USERNAME% {username}

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


%WINDIR% C:\Windows

%PUBLIC%

%PROGRAMDATA% Only available in Windows Vista and newer versions

%PSModulePath%

Windows 7 Environment variables


Variable Windows Vista/7

%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}

C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;

%PATH% {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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