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Environment variables by wincy on 02-12-2009 at 07:10 PM
Hello everybody!
I need to get system environment variables (see Wikipedia) and write them in a file.
They are stored here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
But i need them to be like this:
"Templates=C:\DOCUME~1\User\Models"
And not like this:
"Templates"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Vincy\\Modelli"
How can i do that, in JScript or batch?
Thanks
RE: Environment variables by matty on 02-12-2009 at 07:34 PM
MSDN is your friend...
GetEnvironmentVariable
SetEnvironmentVariable
Or use the WMI Class Win32_Environment to enumerate them.
quote:Those are not environment variables; they are special folders that you can use SHGetFolderPath or SHGetKnownFolderPath
Originally posted by wincy
They are stored here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
These are environment variables:
RE: Environment variables by wincy on 02-12-2009 at 09:50 PM
quote:
Those are not environment variables; they are special folders that you can use SHGetFolderPath or SHGetKnownFolderPath
I meant "Special Folders" then, sorry!
I've been looking for hours on Internet in order to find something useful!
I would like to have outputs like this (for example):
C:\DOCUME~1\Vincy\IMPOST~1\DATIAP~1\MICROS~1
but i don't know how to do that.
I saw this:
HRESULT SHGetFolderPath(HWND hwndOwner, int nFolder, HANDLE hToken, DWORD dwFlags, LPTSTR pszPath);
but i'm not exactly understanding how to use that..!
Should i put it in a .vbs file?
Moreover, i found a way to do that with FSO:
var favfolderName=Shell.SpecialFolders("Favorites");
but it give an output like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Favorites
and those paths containing spaces cannot be read by batch files.
RE: Environment variables by matty on 02-12-2009 at 10:37 PM
quote:You would just need to quotes around the string for it to be read.
Originally posted by wincy
and those paths containing spaces cannot be read by batch files.
RE: Environment variables by wincy on 02-12-2009 at 10:59 PM
I know, but i have to do everything dinamically.
I had an exe file which output was something like:
SET "Local AppData=C:\DOCUME~1\Vincy\IMPOST~1\DATIAP~1"
SET "Common Programs=C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\MENUAV~1\PROGRA~1"
And i used those defined variables a batch file.
I'm trying to do the same thing without that exe file.
I've already tried saving HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders to a file, but results are something like:
"Local AppData"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Vincy\\Impostazioni locali\\Dati applicazioni"
What can i do to define Special Folders' Paths in the batch file?