Article ID: 305792
Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
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SUMMARY
This article describes how to determine which folder Windows is installed in.
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Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows Millennium Edition
If you are using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Millennium Edition (Me), use any of the following methods.
Method 1
- Click Start, click Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
- Type cd %windir%, and then press ENTER.
- Note the current folder. This is the folder in which Windows is installed.
- Type exit and then press ENTER to close the command prompt window.
Method 2
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type notepad c:\msdos.sys, and then click OK.
- Look for the line that begins with "Windir=". This line lists the folder in which Windows is installed.
Method 3
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type command, and then click OK.
- Type set, and then press ENTER.
- Look for the line that begins with "Windir=". This line lists the folder in which Windows is installed.
Windows 2000
If you are using Windows 2000, use either of the following methods.
Method 1
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
- Type set, and then press ENTER.
- Look for the line that begins with "Windir=". This line lists the folder in which Windows is installed.
Method 2
- Click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click System.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Click Environment Variables.
- In the System Variables section, note the "Windir=" entry. This entry lists the folder in which Windows is installed.
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