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What is the difference between %windir% and %SystemRoot% ?Hello,
what is the reason to have these two enviroment settings? They both point to c:\winnt. Does %windir% come from customer windows? Thank you for your effort! -- h.wulff [dont send me an email] Yes they'll always point to the same location. Probably backward
compatibility. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Reg_Sz systemroot=YourPath HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment Reg_Expand_Sz windir=%systemroot% -- Show quoteHide quoteRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "h.wulff" wrote: | Hello, | | what is the reason to have these two enviroment settings? They both | point to c:\winnt. | Does %windir% come from customer windows? | | Thank you for your effort! | -- | | h.wulff | [dont send me an email] 
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