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}
%PATH% C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;{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}
%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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Comments

  2. If you’re looking for the real values to just throw in there (default to windows):

    (User) TMP and TEMP are ‘%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp’
    (Windows) TMP and TEMP are ‘%SystemRoot%\TEMP’

    Not trying to be Debbie Downer here but honestly put the values in there that Windows uses by default… not sure where you get this {stuf}, because %this% is more appropriate!

    Either way, thanks!

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