Environment Variable Processing Order in Windows 2000 (185652)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q185652

SUMMARY

This article lists the order in which environment variables are processed during Windows NT logon.

MORE INFORMATION

Variables are processed in the following order:

  1. Dynamic variables such as operating system variables.
  2. System variables defined in the System tool in Control Panel.
  3. Variables defined in the Autoexec.bat file.
  4. Environment variables defined in the System tool in Control panel for the current user.
NOTE: If the same variable is defined more than once, the value of the variable is the value that is set last.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/24/2004
Keywords:kbenv kbinfo KB185652
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