GetEnvironmentVariable in Windows Service

14 Mar 2006 5:49 PM

fdmaxey

I've written code in VB.Net that calls GetEnvironmentVariable. When I
execuate the code as part of a Windows Form, it reads the environment
variable with no problem.

I put the code in a Windows Service, however, and it can't seem to read
the same environment variable.

I used Microsoft .Net Framework to give the application every possible
permission, but it doesn't seem to help.

Ideas?

14 Mar 2006 5:55 PM

Armin Zingler

<fdma***@yahoo.com> schrieb

> I've written code in VB.Net that calls GetEnvironmentVariable. When
> I execuate the code as part of a Windows Form, it reads the
> environment variable with no problem.
>
> I put the code in a Windows Service, however, and it can't seem to
> read the same environment variable.
>
> I used Microsoft .Net Framework to give the application every
> possible permission, but it doesn't seem to help.
>
> Ideas?

Is it a user specific environment variable, or a system variable?

Control panel -> System: Folder "extended" -> Button "Environment variables"

The service is usually running under a different account.

Armin

14 Mar 2006 9:29 PM

fdmaxey

It is a system variable. It was originally a user variable, so I
switched to system variable, but with no better results.