Re: Setting System Environment Variable

[Lilla]

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/n, "e:\work\%username%"

The shortcut above will take you to the folder you wish, however, it sounds
like you are wanting to set a default folder within word/excel/etc in their
options, and that would be a different matter. In that instance you might
get a better answer if you posted to the newsgroup for that product.

Lilla


"K2" > wrote in message
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> How can I use the system environment variable "%USERNAME%" in another
> system environment variable?
>
> I have a directory, e:\work. Underneath that directory I have three
> more directories for Tom, Dick, and Harry. I want to be able to set the
> work directory for various programs so that it defaults to each user
> based on their username. When I try to set a system environment
> variable like this:
> Variable Name: Work
> Variable Value: e:\work\%USERNAME%\
> it doesn't work. When I type an echo command from the command line, the
> username environment variable is listed as a literal string, not the
> value of %USERNAME%.
>
> Anybody got any ideas?
> Thx
> -K2