Todd   
      
   Thanks for the reply   
      
   it is failing with a syntax error on the   
      
   for %%B in ("%%A\*") do call :process "%%~A" "%%~B"   
      
   not sure why   
      
   only difference is the directory name   
      
   Any ideas?   
      
   Thanks   
      
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