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   foxidrive to Todd   
   Re: How do I find drive letter for a dri   
   07 Aug 14 18:14:04   
   
   From: foxidrive@server.invalid   
      
   On 7/08/2014 17:02, Todd wrote:   
   > On 08/06/2014 11:53 PM, foxidrive wrote:   
   >> On 7/08/2014 16:20, Todd wrote:   
   >>> On 08/06/2014 10:57 PM, foxidrive wrote:   
   >>>>> On 7/08/2014 14:24, Todd wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> driveletter=%%a && goto :LoopExit)   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Found that I had to break the line up, or I got   
   >>>>>>> a space in the variable ("E ").   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The reason is the space after %%a   
   >>>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I tried cramming %%a&& together and still got   
   >>> a freakin' space.   
   >>   
   >> You may think you tried that, but you really do have to be methodical.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > I was.   
   >   
      
   How do you explain that it worked in my test with a copy and paste of your   
   code.   
      
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