${env:USER} or ${env:USERNAME} is not available.

[ryanpcmcquen]

• VSCode Version: 1.33.1
• OS Version: Mac OS 10.14.x

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Use ${env:USER} inside of settings.json, notice that it does not work.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No
Yes.

According to the documentation here, this should work:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/variables-reference#_environment-variables

[RMacfarlane]

Hey @ryanpcmcquen , environment variables are currently only available in tasks.json and launch.json. (This is at the top of the documentation page.) There's an open feature request to add support for settings.json (#2809), so I will close this as a duplicate. Thanks!