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|    Herbert Kleebauer to Tim Rude    |
|    Re: Expand a variable within a variable    |
|    14 Aug 17 23:25:31    |
      From: klee@unibwm.de              On 14.08.2017 21:50, Tim Rude wrote:              >>> 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       >       > but if there is a nifty way to do something similar using the SET       > command, I'm all ears.              Replace:       do set DT=%%D              by:       do call set DT=%%D              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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