System variables

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%

The All Users profile folder.

Typical path:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users

%AppData%

The Application Data folder of the logged-in user.

Typical path:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming

%LOCALAPPDATA%

Folder containing temporary application files.

Typical path:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local

%ProgramFiles%

The Program Files folder.

Typical path:

C:\Program Files

%USERPROFILE%

The path to the user's profile folder.

Typical path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{username}

On macOS, the user's profile folder corresponds to the Home folder. Use $HOME or ~ when configuring exclusions.

%CommonProgramFiles%

The Common Files folder.

Typical path:

C:\Program Files\Common Files

%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(X86)%

Directory containing components shared across 32-bit applications (on 64-bit systems).

Typical path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files

%WinDir%

The Windows directory or SYSROOT.

Typical path:

C:\Windows

%WinDir%\System32

The Windows system directory for 32-bit applications (on 64-bit systems).

Typical path:

C:\Windows\System32

%TEMP%

Folder containing configurations and cached data for all applications installed on the machine.

Typical path:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp

%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%

The Program Files folder for 32-bit applications (on 64-bit systems).

Typical path:

C:\Program Files (x86)

%SystemDrive%

This is a system-wide environment variable found in Windows NT and its derivatives. Its value is the drive where the system directory is located.

The typical drive is C:.