#7689 closed defect (fixed)
HOME environment variable used on Windows systems — at Version 3
| Reported by: | simonk | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 3.2.10 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Windows |
Description (last modified by )
I am not sure if this might be by design:
If you set the environment variable HOME, Virtual Box will use this folder as base to store settings and create virtual hard disks even though you are running on Windows.
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 14 years ago
comment:2 by , 13 years ago
In my case I have set the HOME variable to my MSYS home folder and was surprised when I saw VirtualBox creating a VHD in there. I did not expect any Windows application making use of the HOME variable.
I would consider this to be more of a usability issue than a bug though.
comment:3 by , 9 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → fixed |
| Status: | new → closed |
We changed our mind. As of VBox 4.3.22, the HOME environment variable is no longer respected on Windows.
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I fail to see anything wrong with such behavior, it looks flexible and user friendly to me. VirtualBox uses HOME if it's set USERPROFILE if it's set or as a final fallback %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%. Could you state explicitly what you consider a bug here?