You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
WindowsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.285,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Environment variables are named values Windows provides to programs, such as where system folders live. Claude Code keeps a list of Windows variables it passes through, and that list now also includes:
Programs Claude Code starts on Windows that need these variables should now work instead of failing to find them.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtWhich pass-through list this is, and so which programs receive these variables, is not stated.
Anthropic's release notes agreeWindows: Changed project and local settings env to no longer set ALLUSERSPROFILE, SystemDrive, or the CommonProgramFiles variables; set them…
