diff --git a/lib/std/io/path.c3 b/lib/std/io/path.c3
index 072912889..11f70c22f 100644
--- a/lib/std/io/path.c3
+++ b/lib/std/io/path.c3
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module std::io::path;
 import std::collections::list;
+import std::os::env;
 
 const PathEnv DEFAULT_PATH_ENV = env::WIN32 ? PathEnv.WIN32 : PathEnv.POSIX;
 const char PREFERRED_SEPARATOR_WIN32 = '\\';
@@ -448,6 +449,54 @@ fn void Path.free(self)
 	free(self.path_string.ptr);
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Returns the current user's home directory.
+ **/
+fn String! get_home_dir()
+{
+	String home;
+	$if env::WIN32:
+		home = "USERPROFILE";
+	$else
+	 	home = "HOME";
+	$endif
+	return env::get_var(home);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the current user's config directory.
+ **/
+fn String! get_config_dir(Allocator* using = mem::heap())
+{
+	$if env::WIN32:
+		String s = env::get_var("AppData")!;
+		return s;
+	$else
+		String s;
+		DString str;
+		$if env::DARWIN:
+			s = env::get_var("HOME")!;
+			const DIR = "/Library/Application Support";
+		$else
+			if (try s1 = env::get_var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"))
+			{
+				s = s1;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				s = env::get_var("HOME")!;
+			}
+			const DIR = "/.config";
+		$endif
+		str.init(s.len + DIR.len, using);
+		str.append(s);
+		str.append(DIR);
+		return str.as_str();
+	$endif
+}
+
+
 const bool[256] RESERVED_PATH_CHAR_POSIX = {
 	[0] = true,
 	['/'] = true,
diff --git a/lib/std/os/env.c3 b/lib/std/os/env.c3
index e7a864253..cf381900f 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/env.c3
+++ b/lib/std/os/env.c3
@@ -10,15 +10,33 @@ import libc;
  **/
 fn String! get_var(String name)
 {
-	$if env::LIBC && !env::WIN32:
+	$switch
+	$case env::LIBC && !env::WIN32:
 	@pool()
 	{
 		ZString val = libc::getenv(name.zstr_tcopy());
 		return val ? val.as_str() : SearchResult.MISSING?;
 	};
-	$else
+	$case env::WIN32:
+	@pool()
+	{
+		// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-getenvironmentvariable
+		WString wname = name.to_wstring(.using = mem::temp())!;
+		const N = 64;
+		DString buffer;
+		buffer.tinit(N);
+		usz n = (usz)win32::getEnvironmentVariable(wname, (Win32_LPCWSTR)buffer.as_str().ptr, (Win32_DWORD)buffer.capacity());
+		if (n == 0) return SearchResult.MISSING?;
+		if (n > N)
+		{
+			buffer.reserve(n - N);
+			win32::getEnvironmentVariable(wname, (Win32_LPCWSTR)buffer.as_str().ptr, (Win32_DWORD)buffer.capacity());
+		}
+		return buffer.as_str();
+	};
+	$default:
 	return "";
-	$endif
+	$endswitch
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/std/os/win32/process.c3 b/lib/std/os/win32/process.c3
index f9912c057..9e98fadf0 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/win32/process.c3
+++ b/lib/std/os/win32/process.c3
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ extern fn Win32_BOOL getOverlappedResult(
 	Win32_LPDWORD      lpNumberOfBytesTransferred,
 	Win32_BOOL         bWait
 ) @extern("GetOverlappedResult");
-
+extern fn Win32_DWORD getEnvironmentVariable(
+	Win32_LPCWSTR lpName,
+	Win32_LPWSTR lpBuffer,
+	Win32_DWORD nSize
+) @extern("GetEnvironmentVariable");
 
 struct SystemInfo
 {