The Environment property returns the WshEnvironment object.
WshShell.Environment ( [strType]) = objWshEnvironment
If strType specifies where the environment variable resides, possible values are "System", "User", "Volatile", and "Process". If strType is not supplied, this method retrieves the system environment variables in Windows NT or the process environment variables in Windows 95.
For Windows 95, only "Process" is supported in the strType parameter.
The following variables are provided with the Windows operating system. Scripts can also get environment variables that were set by other applications.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS | Number of processors running on the computer. |
| PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE | Processor type of the user's workstation. |
| PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER | Processor ID of the user's workstation. |
| PROCESSOR_LEVEL | Processor level of the user's workstation. |
| PROCESSOR_REVISION | Processor version of the user's workstation. |
| OS | Operating system on the user's workstation. |
| COMSPEC | Executable for command Command Prompt (typically cmd.exe). |
| HOMEDRIVE | Primary local drive (typically the C drive). |
| HOMEPATH | Default directory for users (on Windows NT this is typically \users\default. |
| PATH | PATH environment variable. |
| PATHEXT | Extensions for executable files (typically .com, .exe, .bat, or .cmd). |
| PROMPT | Command prompt (typically $P$G). |
| SYSTEMDRIVE | Local drive on which system directory resides (for example, c:\). |
| SYSTEMROOT | System directory (for example, c:\winnt). This is the same as WINDIR. |
| WINDIR | System directory (for example, c:\winnt). This is the same as SYSTEMROOT. |
| TEMP | Directory for storing temporary files (for example, c:\temp). User, Volatile |
| TMP | Directory for storing temporary files (for example, c:\temp). User, Volatile |
' Retrieve the NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS system environment variable
Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set WshSysEnv = WshShell.Environment("SYSTEM")
Wscript.Echo WshSysEnv("NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS")