From: nickoffsmailbox@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, 24 December 2014 19:56:37 UTC+8, foxidrive  wrote:   
   > On 24/12/2014 18:57, Nick wrote:   
   >   
   > > IF NOT ".%INPUTCMD%"==".@ECHO OFF" GOTO:NEXTTEST   
   > >   
   > > I worked out it was tripping up on the string compare, that it would fail   
   > > if any part of either string included "ECHO OFF" or "ECHO ON".   
   >   
   > I doubt that this is the case at all.   
      
   It's most definitely tripping up on the string compare somehow (if "this"   
   equals "this" should "do this" - not throw an error message) but otherwise   
   you're correct - I was presumptive in thinking the problem was that my string   
   was being misinterpreted as a command - though in my defense, understandably   
   given the wording of the error message). What is the case though is that the IF   
   statement I posted works, as I logically expect it to, on my Windows 7 system   
   and evidently doesn't on Win98SE.   
      
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