GoodSync supports Windows environment variables in folder paths. This allows folder paths to adjust automatically based on the Windows user, computer name, date, time, or the location where GoodSync is running.
Environment variables must be entered manually by editing the folder path. They cannot be selected using the Browse dialog.
Common Windows Environment Variables
%GSDISK% - Disk from which GoodSync.exe was started. Use this to refer to folders stored on a GoodSync2Go volume.
Example: %GSDISK%\Backups
%USERNAME% - Current Windows user name.
Example: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents
%USERPROFILE% - Current user profile directory.
Example: %USERPROFILE%\Documents
%COMPUTERNAME% - Windows name of this computer.
Example: D:\Backups\%COMPUTERNAME%
GoodSync Date and Time Variables
GoodSync also supports special date and time variables. These can be useful when creating backup folders that include the current date or time.
%YYYY% - Current year.
%MM% - Current month, from 01 to 12.
%DD% - Current day of the month, from 01 to 31.
%DOW% - Current day of the week, from 0 to 6.
%WOM% - Current week of the month, from 1 to 4.
%HH% - Current hour, from 00 to 23.
%II% - Current minute, from 00 to 59.
Example Path
D:\Backups\%COMPUTERNAME\%%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%
This path creates a backup folder that includes the computer name and the current date.
Example result: D:\Backups\Office-PC\2026-06-24