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From: Bill Stewart <bstewart AT iname DOT com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 09:47:02 -0600
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Subject: Re: How to query the value of %SystemDrive% in an empty environment?
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On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 9:42 AM Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> On Aug  6 17:20, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
> > Now what I've failed to find is how to query the value for the "SystemDrive"
> > environment variable.
>
> Just strip it off SYSTEMROOT?

IIRC, that will not give the expected value if Windows is installed on
a different drive.

Bill

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