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I've seen that you can use %USERNAME% to get the whole path but I just want to get e.g John Doe for use in mapping a network drive to specific folders named after the user profile names?
e.g NET USE h: \test\Citrixusers\%USERNAME% but of course this gets the username as C:\Users\"Name"
So the end result would be like \test\Citrixusers\John Doe
Thanks in advance all.
Kyle M
Posted 2015-03-05T12:26:24.687
Reputation: 3
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without the complete path
It appears you are confusing %USERNAME% and %USERPROFILE%.
%USERNAME% contains just the username.
%USERPROFILE% contains the profile path (which includes the username).
Variable Default value in Windows 7/2008
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USERNAME {username}
USERPROFILE %SystemDrive%\Users\{username}
Source environment variables - Environment variables are mainly used within batch files, they can be created, modified and deleted for a session using the SET command.
DavidPostill
Posted 2015-03-05T12:26:24.687
Reputation: 118 938
I don't understand. You should be using %USERNAME% to get the path then split the string if you just want the username. – Ramhound – 2015-03-05T12:30:07.907
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echo %USERNAME%just gives my name here on Windows 7 64bit. – DavidPostill – 2015-03-05T12:33:25.973Ok, so I could split the %USERNAME% output then. That would work. I just wondered if there was an easier way to get the Username is all. – Kyle M – 2015-03-05T12:36:50.780
Yeah I noticed that echo %USERNAME% gives JUST the name so I was confused. – Kyle M – 2015-03-05T12:38:52.900