Issue #19244 has been reported by larskanis (Lars Kanis). ---------------------------------------- Bug #19244: Windows: USERPROFILE should be preferred over HOMEPATH https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19244 * Author: larskanis (Lars Kanis) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * ruby -v: ruby 3.1.3p185 (2022-11-24 revision 1a6b16756e) [x64-mingw-ucrt] * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Create a new local user on Windows called "testuser". Then switch to the new user per runas: ``` C:\> runas /user:testuser cmd ``` Then in the new window: ``` C:\>ruby -e "p Dir.home" "C:/WINDOWS/system32" C:\>echo %HOMEDRIVE% C: C:\>echo %HOMEPATH% \WINDOWS\system32 C:\>echo %USERPROFILE% C:\Users\testuser ``` `Dir.home` should return the home directory of the user. Instead it returns `C:/WINDOWS/system32`. HOMEPATH is set to "\WINDOWS\system32" when running per "runas" session. This directory is not writable by ordinary users, leading to errors with many ruby tools. Also config files in the home directory are not recognized. All versions of ruby until current master branch are affected. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/