Systemroot Command Availability

The systemroot command is only available from within the Recovery Console in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Systemroot Command Syntax

systemroot

This command has no additional switches or options.

Systemroot Command Examples

In this example, entering systemroot will set the %systemroot% environment variable to the directory that you type the command from.

For example, if you’re working in the C:\Windows directory, entering systemroot will set the %systemroot% environment variable to C:\Windows.