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I have a startup script that needs to grab values from another script. (cmd files)

The variable values do not populate without delayedexpansion ( I am ok with this except for one thing)

I have a value that contains a "!" which gets lost once read with delayed expansion on - I am unable to manually adjust this value since it is dynamic.

Any ideas on how to work around this ?

Example:

net use !server!\filepath /user:!user! '!password!'

The password sometimes contains an exclamation and causes a break is there any way to handle this ?

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John

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Qlemo

You should only have issues if you pass the expanded value containing an exclamation mark again to a "function" or batch (both via call), at which time it gets reinterpreted.
The only reliable way is to switch off delayed expansion for as much as possible. Or switch to using PowerShell ;-).

becraig

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Thanks guys, I really thought I left this crap behind me :~(

So much for winpe and safeos testing.

Qlemo I wish I could use posh :~)

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Bill Prew

Interesting, I always love when a solution isn't a solution...