WshShell.Environment

The Environment property returns the WshEnvironment object.

Syntax

WshShell.Environment ( [strType]) = objWshEnvironment

Remarks

If strType specifies where the environment variable resides, possible values are "System", "User", "Volatile", and "Process". If strType is not supplied, this method retrieves the system environment variables in Windows NT or the process environment variables in Windows 95.

For Windows 95, only "Process" is supported in the strType parameter.

The following variables are provided with the Windows operating system. Scripts can also get environment variables that were set by other applications.

Name	Description
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS	Number of processors running on the computer.
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE	Processor type of the user's workstation.
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER	Processor ID of the user's workstation.
PROCESSOR_LEVEL	Processor level of the user's workstation.
PROCESSOR_REVISION	Processor version of the user's workstation.
OS	Operating system on the user's workstation.
COMSPEC	Executable for command Command Prompt (typically cmd.exe).
HOMEDRIVE	Primary local drive (typically the C drive).
HOMEPATH	Default directory for users (on Windows NT this is typically \users\default.
PATH	PATH environment variable.
PATHEXT	Extensions for executable files (typically .com, .exe, .bat, or .cmd).
PROMPT	Command prompt (typically $P$G).
SYSTEMDRIVE	Local drive on which system directory resides (for example, c:\).
SYSTEMROOT	System directory (for example, c:\winnt). This is the same as WINDIR.
WINDIR	System directory (for example, c:\winnt). This is the same as SYSTEMROOT.
TEMP	Directory for storing temporary files (for example, c:\temp). User, Volatile
TMP	Directory for storing temporary files (for example, c:\temp). User, Volatile

Example

' Retrieve the NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS system environment variable
    Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

    Set WshSysEnv = WshShell.Environment("SYSTEM")
    Wscript.Echo WshSysEnv("NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS")