From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   Kenny McCormack wrote:   
      
   > Interesting point here - curious if people have any memory of the history   
   > of this.   
   >   
   > ISTR that, back in the day, setlocal/endlocal did not preserve the current   
   > directory info on drives other than the current one.  I.e., something like:   
   >   
   > C:   
   > cd X:\foo\bar   
   > setlocal   
   > cd X:\Bob\Carol   
   > endlocal   
   > cd X:   
   >   
   > would display X:\Bob\Carol at the final line.  I.e., it would not get   
   > restored to X:\foo\bar.   
   >   
   > However, I just tested this on an XP system (with CMD.EXE), and it does do   
   > the right thing.   
   > (I.e., it goes back to X:\foo\bar)   
   >   
   > Am I remembering things wrong, or did this change at some point?   
   >   
   > And if it was changed, did it break any existing code?   
      
   I just checked under NT 3.51, XP, and Win7. All acted as expected (i.e.   
   displayed "X:\Bob\Carol", not "X:\foo\bar"). [shrug]   
      
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