Synchronize directories does not accept path with %ENV%

[user160119]

if pathname contains VALID environment variable, for example

Y:\any_data_%SystemRoot%_1\files\

but 'any_data_%SystemRoot%_1' is just name, not environment var.

[Horst.Epp]

What a strange idea to name files like envuronment variables.
And you are realy expect support for that ?

[milo1012]

It was already stated in the past that there won't be support for it:
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=37598
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=40570

What a strange idea to name files like envuronment variables.

Yes, but even some commercial apps, like the mentioned VMware ThinApp uses them, which occasionally gives me a lot of trouble too.

[ghisler(Author)]

These paths are not supported in locations where environment variables are supported, like in the sync tool.

These paths even cause troubles with the command line, e.g. when you try to create a subst'ed drive. Both these commands will fail:
subst y: c:\test\a%SystemRoot%b
subst y: c:\test2\a%%SystemRoot%%b