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- DOCUMENT:Q101507 29-JUL-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :INF: How Windows NT Determines a User's Home Directory
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
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-
- The system administrator specifies a home directory in the User
- Manager, in the user profile properties. Windows NT sets the following
- three environment variables based on the value of the home directory:
-
- HOMEDRIVE
- HOMEPATH
- HOMESHARE
-
- For example, these three environment variables might have contents
- such as the following:
-
- HOMEDRIVE=<drive letter>:
- HOMEPATH=\<path>
- HOMESHARE=\\<server name>\<share name>
-
- NOTE: HOMESHARE could contain a local drive instead of a server
- and share.
-
- If no home directory is specified, Windows NT uses the following
- values by default:
-
- HOMEDRIVE=<drive where Windows NT is installed>
- HOMEPATH=\users\default
- HOMESHARE=
-
- NOTE: If the \USERS\DEFAULT directory does not exist on the
- drive that has Windows NT installed, HOMEPATH is set to the
- \USERS on that drive; if the \USERS directory does not exist,
- HOMEPATH is set to the drive that has Windows NT installed.
-
- The default directory the Command Prompt displays is the equivalent of
- HOMEDRIVE plus HOMEPATH.
-
- If a user has the home directory set to \\<server>\<share>\<path>, the
- Command Prompt does not display the specified directory if the server
- is not available for any reason. The only method to determine what
- failed when the Command Prompt does not display the specified
- directory involves checking the event logs and verifying that
- everything is installed properly.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: winnt
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