Windows installation directory

We have a bunch of PC's where the Windows installation directory is not "Windows" but "Windows.000". Is there a way I can use inventory to discover which PC's have that Windows.000 directory?
Thanks for your help,
Philippe

On Thu, 31 May 2007 14:19:06 GMT, Philippe Leroy wrote:
> We have a bunch of PC's where the Windows installation directory is not "Windows" but "Windows.000". Is there a way I can use inventory to discover which PC's have that Windows.000 directory?
IIRC you can store the software location too, in this case notepads
location should show you
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