System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariables Method

Retrieves all environment variable names and their values from the current process, or from the Windows operating system registry key for the current user or local machine.

Syntax

public static IDictionary GetEnvironmentVariables (EnvironmentVariableTarget target)

Parameters

target
One of the EnvironmentVariableTarget values.

Returns

A dictionary that contains all environment variable names and their values from the source specified by the target parameter; otherwise, an empty dictionary if no environment variables are found.

Remarks

The target parameter specifies whether the source is the current process, the registry key for the current user, or the registry key for the local machine.

The names and values of the environment variables are stored as key/value pairs in the returned IDictionary object.

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0
Since: .NET 2.0