>>>Hi, I need to retrieve the windows path.
>>>For example... C:\windows, or c:\winnt or wherever it is installed...
>>>
>>>any ideas?
>>>
>>>thanks
>>>fabian
>>
>>? getenv('windir')
>
>George, I have an additional question.
>
>I want the folder which is usually under c:\windows\system (on a Win95 system).
>
>Do you know whether this is always = getenv("windir") + "\system", or can the "\system" part vary, depending on the OS?
>
Hilmar,

Yes, the system part will vary. On my machine, it's System32 (Win2K Pro). In order to avoid version dependence, I'd use the GetSystemDirectory API call.

DECLARE INTEGER GetSystemDirectory IN Win32API;
  STRING @lpbuffer, INTEGER uSize
lpbuffer = SPACE(260)
lnsize = LEN(lpbuffer)
lnresult = GetSystemDirectory(@lpbuffer, lnsize)
? LEFT(lpbuffer, lnresult)

For the sake of being on the safe side, you should probably check to make sure that lnresult in the above is greater than zero. If it isn't then GetLastError() will return the error info.