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WinDir environment variable woes.
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27/07/2007 09:06:07
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Vista
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01243969
Message ID:
01244068
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23
>>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)
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>? Getenv(Strtran(Getenv('WinDir'), '%', ''))
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>[Update] or just GetEnv('SystemRoot') of course
>[Update] ah... root drive letter... then Getenv('SystemDrive')

Despite the fact that "SystemDrive" does not appear in the list of available enironment variables, it worked! Thanks for the suggestion.
Greg Reichert
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