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Environment.GetEnvironmentVariables Method

Retrieves all environment variable names and their values from the current process.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public static IDictionary GetEnvironmentVariables()

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.IDictionary
A dictionary that contains all environment variable names and their values; otherwise, an empty dictionary if no environment variables are found.
ExceptionCondition
SecurityException

The caller does not have the required permission to perform this operation.

OutOfMemoryException

The buffer is out of memory.

The names and values for the environment variables are stored as key-value pairs in the returned IDictionary.

The following example demonstrates the GetEnvironmentVariables method.

// Sample for the Environment.GetEnvironmentVariables method 
using System;
using System.Collections;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    Console.WriteLine();
    Console.WriteLine("GetEnvironmentVariables: ");
    IDictionary	environmentVariables = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariables();
    foreach (DictionaryEntry de in environmentVariables)
        {
        Console.WriteLine("  {0} = {1}", de.Key, de.Value);
        }
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:
(Any result that is lengthy, specific to the machine on which this sample was tested, or reveals information that should remain secure, has been omitted and marked "!---OMITTED---!".)

GetEnvironmentVariables: 
  !---OMITTED---!
*/

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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