Move the User variables

You can use variables as building blocks within a directory path.

The variables in Table 6-2 represent folder locations and other values that are determined by the operating system.

Table 6-2 Variables determined by the operating system


Variable	Directory path that is assigned	Description
$MYDOCUMENTS$	Current user's My Documents folder	C:\Documents and Settings\ <user profile>\ My Documents
$PROGFILESDIR$	Windows Program Files directory	Usually C:\Program Files
$USERHIVE$	Registry path of current user's hive	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
$USERPROFILE$	Current user's profile directory	C:\Documents and Settings\ <logged on user> This is valid in Windows NT/2000/XP only
$WINDIR$	Directory containing Windows	C:\WINNT for Windows 2000
$WINSYSDIR$	Windows System directory	C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 for Windows 2000
$WINTEMPDIR$	Windows Temp directory	C:\Documents and Settings\ <logged on user>\ Local Settings\ Temp
$MACHINENAME$	Name of the computer	This is restored to the path C:\Documents and Settings\ <user profile>\ $MyDocuments$\ $MachineName$
$USERS$	User's name
$WINDRIVE$	Drive containing Windows	C This is just the drive letter, and does not include the colon