carlos
Hello. I found a new undocumented variable, in addition to %__CD__% it is %__APPDIR__%
%__APPDIR__%
have the path (with a backlash at the end) where the application that request the variable is located.
For example, if we run C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe , %__APPDIR__% will expand to C:\Windows\system32\
If we copy cmd to C:\dev\cmd.exe and run it %__APPDIR__% will expand to C:\dev\
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Echo %__APPDIR__%Also I re document the %__CD__%
%__CD__%
have the current directory (with a backlash at the end) of the application that request the variable.
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Echo %__CD__%Last edited by carlos (23 Dec 2014 21:51)
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#2 23 Dec 2014 22:27
DigitalSnow
Interesting. How did you come across it? This popped up in a search I ran for __AppData__
http://manaeff.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=518[Dead Link]
but with a description about Internet Explorer.
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#3 24 Dec 2014 00:19
Simon Sheppard
Theres some more detail in this DOSTIPS thread
I've added this to the 'undocumented variables' here: https://windevcluster.com/nt/syntax-variables.html
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#4 24 Dec 2014 19:20
npocmaka
I've checked ntdll.dll strings and found also FIRMWARE_TYPE variable which available only from windows 8/2012 and above.
It should check boot type of the system:
It should have 4 values : Legacy ,UEFI,Not implemented ,Unknown (default should be legacy)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previo ... (v=win.10)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140331091 ... /what-uefi [archive link]
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#5 29 Dec 2014 09:35
npocmaka
one more barely documented variable:
USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE
It appears with installation of kb-2664408 fix which is applicable from vista/2008 and above.
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#6 03 Jan 2015 14:36
Simon Sheppard
Thanks npocmaka, I have updated the page with these extra 2 variables now.
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#7 19 Jan 2016 18:06
klint
The __APPDIR__ and __CD__ variable names can be used by any Windows process, not just cmd.exe. For example, you can write a C++ application that calls the WinApi function GetEnvironmentVariable and it will return the current values for the above two variables. By contrast, the variable "CD" doesn't work because it's only defined in cmd.exe.