>Getting bit by Vista again. But this time it hurt.
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>When issueing Fox statement GETENV("WinDir") in XP I get "C:\Windows", but in Vista I get "%SystemRoot%". This is useless in determining where the OS is installed. Does anyone know of either where "%SystemRoot%" is stored or am alternitive to the GetEnv() method? I need to determine the root drive letter of the boot HD.
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>Thanks
A quick and dirty workaround couldbe (do not have Vista, so can not test it)
? Getenv(Strtran(Getenv('WinDir'), '%', ''))
[Update] or just GetEnv('SystemRoot') of course
[Update] ah... root drive letter... then Getenv('SystemDrive')
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