From: timrude.nospam@nospam.hotmail.com   
      
   I'm trying to obtain the current user's desktop path to pass as a   
   command-line parameter to an old DOS app that will be running under   
   Win7/8/10.   
      
   I can get the path from the registry using:   
      
   for /f "usebackq tokens=1,2,*" %%B IN (`reg query   
   "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User   
   Shell Folders" /v Desktop`) do set DT=%%D   
      
   On a default install of Win7, that sets the %DT% environment variable to   
   '%USERPROFILE%\Desktop' since that's what's stored in the registry.   
      
   However, I need the '%USERPROFILE%' part expanded to the actual path, so   
   that I end up with %DT% being (for example) 'C:\Users\Tim\Desktop'.   
      
   How can I get my batch file to expand the %USERPROFILE% variable that's   
   within the %DT% environment variable?   
      
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