Most users of Windows systems have no idea that there are so-called environment variables in Windows. Many do not understand why they are, even though they see it almost every day.
What are the Windows environment variables?
In order to understand what this variable of the system is, it is necessary to determine the most important thing. In simple terms, they are shortcuts to specific folders, such as the location of temporary files.
They are also better known as a path or folder that can be entered in Run Command or the address bar of MS Explorer. By the way, these are also supported by other free file explorers for Windows .
Here are some examples:
%HOMEDRIVE% C: \
%PROGRAMFILES% Directory for installed programs
%SYSTEMDRIVE% Windows drive also C: \
%SYSTEMROOT% C: \ Windows
%TEMP% or% TMP% The Windows temporary directory
%WINDIR% Windows directory
etc .....
How do you list all Windows variables?
In Windows 10 and other versions, you can list all Windows environment variables by opening the command line as an administrator and typing the SET command. The result is all standard Windows 10 environment variables for a specific operating system.
The solution is simple to create a new Favorite Run-Dialog Command Of course, you can also add frequently used commands and functions according to your
As default the keyboard shortcut Windows + R is provided for Run Command, but can be changed at any time If you want to change this, press the button ►
The Quick Launch bar can be customized with your own programs or commands on Windows 10, 8.1, You can also enable the MS Quick Launch toolbar in Windows
The solution is very easy to start programs and commands as an administrator via the RUN-Command Dialog Normal start run is by pressing the [ENTER] key and as administrator
