Windows Environment Variables

Windows environment variables can be used at the file and folder filters.

Syntax: %Environment Variable%

If C:\Backup\%USERNAME% is specified, the environment variable %USERNAME% is replaced with the name of the logged-in user: C:\Backup\John

Examples

Environment Variable	Example
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%	C:\ProgramData
%APPDATA%	C:\Users\John\AppData\Roaming
%CommonProgramFiles%	C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%	C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
%CommonProgramW6432%	C:\Program Files\Common Files
%COMPUTERNAME%	WORK-PC
%HOMEDRIVE%	C:
%HOMEPATH%	\Users\John
%LOCALAPPDATA%	C:\Users\John\AppData\Local
%ProgramData%	C:\ProgramData
%ProgramFiles%	C:\Program Files (x86)
%ProgramFiles(x86)%	C:\Program Files (x86)
%ProgramW6432%	C:\Program Files
%PUBLIC%	C:\Users\Public
%SystemDrive%	C:
%SystemRoot%	C:\Windows
%TEMP%	C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Temp
%TMP%	C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Temp
%USERNAME%	John
%USERPROFILE%	C:\Users\John
%windir%	C:\Windows