%windir% versus %systemroot%

This is a discussion about %windir% versus %systemroot% in the Slack Space category; Does anyone know the difference between %windir% and %systemroot%? For those not knowing what it’s all about please don’t post any replies. .

Slack Space 1613 This topic was started by Mangan, 2000-04-06 00:07. Last reply by YuppieScum, 2000-04-07 23:18

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Mangan

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2000-04-06 02:07

Does anyone know the difference between %windir% and %systemroot%?
For those not knowing what it’s all about please don’t post any replies.

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Radu175

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#17046

2000-04-07 08:24

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

Mangan

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#17047

2000-04-07 15:13

Sorry Radu175 it seems you’ve never tried these two because the answer is wrong.
Both syntaxes do the same action, you may want to try it your self.

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2000-04-07 23:18

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

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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