Save time and keystrokes with environment variables:
When asked to open your user profile in File Explorer, you’ll probably type its full path: C, colon, backslash, Users, backslash, followed by your user name. But there’s a much faster way:
Type %userprofile% and press Enter.
Congratulations, you just saved a half-dozen keystrokes or so by using one of many useful environment variables in Windows. These are reserved names, enclosed between percent signs, that represent the current location of a specific system folder.
Here are a few other useful ones to know:
%localappdata% The hidden folder in your user profile where Windows apps store your data
%windir% The folder containing Windows system files; usually C:Windows
%public% A special user profile that contains folders for Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos, intended for sharing on a home network
%temp% or %tmp% The normally hidden folder where Windows and apps can store files necessary for one-time tasks
Some people write these variables using mixed case (%ProgramFiles%, for example) to make them easier to read. But they’re not case sensitive, so skip the Shift key if you want.
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