HOMEPATH not available in runas shell

[Johan Nilsson]

Hi,

[Sorry if this is off-topic, I had a hard time finding the correct
newsgroup, but I figured that most people here would be familiar using
runas.]

When starting up a new command prompt, using the runas command, the HOMEPATH
and HOMEDRIVE environment variables aren't available for the newly logged on
user. Example:

echo %HOMEPATH% %HOMEPATH%
echo %HOMEDRIVE%

%HOMEDRIVE%

Is this a known problem? I tried searching the KB, but found nothing.

// Johan

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

Well that's because that user is really not logged in, you just opened a
shell as that user.

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Hi,

[Sorry if this is off-topic, I had a hard time finding the correct
newsgroup, but I figured that most people here would be familiar using
runas.]

When starting up a new command prompt, using the runas command, the
HOMEPATH and HOMEDRIVE environment variables aren't available for the
newly logged on user. Example:

echo %HOMEPATH% %HOMEPATH%
echo %HOMEDRIVE%

%HOMEDRIVE%

Is this a known problem? I tried searching the KB, but found nothing.

// Johan

 

[Johan Nilsson]

Well that's because that user is really not logged in, you just opened a
shell as that user.

- User-specific environment variables that I've defined explicitly
(System/Properties/Advanced/Environment Variables/User variables for <user>)
are there.

- At least some automatically defined user-specific environment variables
are set, such as USERPROFILE.

What would the difference be?

// Johan