Windows/variables

Using environmental variables in Windows.

Start->Run->cmd.exe

echo "hello %username% at %computername% this is your %processor_identifier% speaking. I detected some pr0n in %userprofile%. Please remove it."

"hello fnord at THETA this is your x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1, AuthenticAMD speaking. I detected some pr0n in C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\fnord. Please remove it."

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C:\>E:

E:\>%homedrive%

C:\>

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C:\>cd %userprofile%

C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\fnord>

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C:\cd %tmp%

C:\DOKUME~1\fnord\LOKALE~1\Temp>

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E:\>%systemdrive% cd %systemroot%

C:\WINDOWS>

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Use these when scripting and also when telling people on IRC where to go in Windows. Avoids all the trouble with different partition names and localization.

To get a list of all environmental variables type "set" in cmd.exe (just like in Linux).