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%windir% versus %systemroot%

#1 Mangan

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Posted 06 April 2000 - 02:07 AM

#2 Radu175

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Posted 07 April 2000 - 08:24 AM

%windir% is the Windows directory (I.E: C:\windows) and %systemroot% is the HD root dir (c:\)

#3 Mangan

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Posted 07 April 2000 - 03:13 PM

#4 YuppieScum

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Posted 07 April 2000 - 11:18 PM

From the "windows script host reference" on MSDN...

[list][*]SYSTEMROOT System directory (for example, c:\winnt). This is the same as WINDIR.
[*]WINDIR System directory (for example, c:\winnt). This is the same as SYSTEMROOT. [/list:u]

However, WINDIR is available as a system and process variable under W2K and as a process variable under Win9x, but SYSTEMROOT is a W2K process variable only.

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