Applies To

Description

Expands the requested environment variable from the running process and returns the result string.

Syntax

object.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(strString)

Parameters

Part	Description
object	WshShell object.
strString	Name of the environment variable to expand.

Remarks

Variables are enclosed by the "%" character. The environment variable name is not case-sensitive.

Example

The following example expands the WinDir environment variable and displays it in a message box:

set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WScript.Echo "WinDir is " & WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%WinDir%")