From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   I know that the "!" character become a special character if Delayed   
   Expansion is enabled. I thought the solution to show the "!" character is   
   simple like showing the "%" character, but apparently it's not.   
      
   So, how the heck can I show the "!" character?   
      
   [code]   
   @echo off   
   setlocal enabledelayedexpansion   
      
   rem this works   
   echo 100%%   
      
   rem none of these works   
   echo hello!!   
   echo hello!!!!   
      
   pause   
   [/code]   
      
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