- %SystemRoot% and C:\WINDOWS in path - Super User
Removing the %SystemRoot% one and leaving the hard-coded one in might be faster in that Windows is not having to decode the %SystemRoot% environment variable into its true value when you check your path Though if Windows was 'smart', it probably decodes it only once and stores it in memory in its decoded format
- What is difference between %WinDir% and %SystemRoot%?
What is difference between %Windir% and %Systemroot% in Windows Path Location? Both of them show "Windows" folder location
- A complete list of %% relative paths variables in Windows Explorer in . . .
Note that if you click on windows > "Modify environment variables for your account", you can find variables with same name that have not the same values has the one produced by this answer
- How do I restore the localized name for documents folder (Windows 10 . . .
It wasn't exact, but gave me a hint! In the properties of the folder, it doesn't have any icon customizing, but instead, there is a tab for designating the exact place of the Documents folder I designated a random folder, and then restored the folder position back Then the new windows started to display the localized name again (had to restart explorer exe for full implementation) Thank you
- home directory - What is %windir%? - Super User
The Windows directory or SYSROOT This corresponds to the %WINDIR% or %SYSTEMROOT% environment variables A typical path is C:\Windows This variable points to the Windows directory (on Windows NT-based operating systems it is identical to the %SystemRoot% variable If the system is on drive C:, then the default values are "C:\WINDOWS" on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows
- %SystemRoot% cant be found, shortcuts not working, icons missing
My Windows 7 installation is screwed up Something's fundamentally wrong, but I don't know what Taskbar icons reverted to a default icon, like they couldn't be found, shortcuts all stopped working,
- WINDIR environment variable resolves to %SystemRoot% and not C:\windows . . .
Btw it seems I created an SystemRoot key in the ControlSet002 folder as well when I made this bugger-up, prob in some hope to resolve the problem so I removed when I re-created the windir key
- Question - I found this on my desktop. . . what . . . - Toms Hardware Forum
Are these desktop ini files? They are always there, and usually hidden It's likely that a File Explorer setting has been changed that allows you to see all system files Open Explorer, go to File Options, View tab, be sure that: "Hide protected operating system files" is checked Edit: The reason there are two is because you desktop is made up of 2 folders, a User account in your name, and
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