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Matt Hanson
Asked: 2009-05-17 22:30:10 +0800 CST

Why is %ProgramFiles(x86)% returned without quotes?

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Using this simple test batch script:

@echo off
echo %ProgramFiles%
echo %ProgramFiles(x86)%

is my output:

"C:\Program Files"
C:\Program Files (x86)

One variable is enclosed in quotes while the other isn't? Is this a bug of some sort, or a simple oversight on my behalf?

windows-vista environment-variables

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Strange, I can't reproduce this on my machine (Windows Vista 64-bit SP 1). My output is

    C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files (x86)

    Are you sure you didn't insert quotes in your echo statement?

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  2. On W2k8 x64 I get:

    c:\temp>echo %ProgramFiles% & echo %ProgramFiles(x86)%
C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files (x86)

    If you type "set" you can see what the environment variables are. I get:

    c:\temp>set
...
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
ProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)
...
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