# No User variables on FB8

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/no-user-variables-on-fb8/2464
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [February 15, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/no-user-variables-on-fb8/2464 "2016-02-15T07:40:55Z")
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### Author: ![smartins](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/smartins/32/63_2.png) [@smartins](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/smartins)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/no-user-variables-on-fb8/2464/1 "2016-02-15T07:40:55Z")

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I just installed FinalBuilder 8 1520 to give it a try and noticed that the User variables is no longer present.  
  
Is there a replacement for this? I use User variables for shared paths across projects.  
  
Thanks!

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### Author: ![nevar](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/c4cdca/32.png) [@nevar](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/nevar)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/no-user-variables-on-fb8/2464/2 "2016-02-15T10:48:19Z")

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Hi Steven,   
  
 Your correct that user variables have been removed from FinalBuilder 8. We envisage environment variables would be how to achieve the shared paths across a group of projects.

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### Author: ![smartins](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/smartins/32/63_2.png) [@smartins](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/smartins)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/no-user-variables-on-fb8/2464/3 "2016-02-16T04:41:17Z")

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That’s a shame, it means it will break all my existing projects since they all use User variables, unless I manually add those variables as&nbsp;environment&nbsp;ones. I’ll consider doing that if I decide to upgrade to FB 8. Thanks!