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   Message 68,895 of 68,980   
   Herbert Kleebauer to Kenny McCormack   
   Re: Whats the %=C:% environment variable   
   06 Feb 26 19:16:56   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 2/6/2026 6:50 PM, Kenny McCormack wrote:   
      
   >>What about you typing it in your puters console and see for yourself ?   
   >>Just type "echo %=C:%" and see what the result is.   No screenshot needed.   
   >   
   > First, to answer the thread question: My understanding is that this *is*   
   > how processes in DOS/Windows keep track of the current directory for each   
   > drive.   
      
   some more information about "Undocumented Dynamic variables":   
      
   https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-variables.html   
      
      
   and especially for the  %=C:% :   
      
   https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100506-00/?p=14133   
      
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