PRB: System.getProperty("user.home") Returns Incorrectly

ID: Q177181

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SYMPTOMS

When calling System.getProperty("user.home") the Java Virtual Machine (VM) ignores the HOME environment variable value. It always returns "<windir>\java" whether or not you set the HOME environment variable.


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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a java project and include the following class to it: 

class TestProperty
{

   public static void main(String args[])
   {
      System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.home"));
   }

}
This always returns <windir>\java (where <windir> is the location of your Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT installation), no matter which directory you set the HOME environment variable to.


REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual J++ and the SDK for Java, please see the following pages on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/visualj/

http://support.microsoft.com/support/java/

Additional query words: System properties home 


Keywords          : kbSDKJava300 kbSDKJava310 JVM kbSDKJava320 
Version           : WINDOWS:2.02,3.0,3.1,3.2
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 13, 1999