Question

Windows x64 versions contain folders named with parenthesis like “\Program Files (x86)” and this breaks a batch file I use. An example of a problem line:

for %%c in (%path%) do if exist “%%c\xyz.exe” set xyz=OK

i.e. when it reaches “)” in “(x86)” it puts out an error message and exits…

Any ideas on how to fix this?
This is a rather large batch file, and atm I don’t have the time to rewrite it in a better language…

Many thanks 🙂

Answer 1

Doesn’t directly answer your question, but if you are trying to do what I thinking you are trying (which is make sure a file exists in the path) you can use something like the following in a batch file.

   @echo off
   for %%i in (xyz.exe) do set xyz=%%~$PATH:i

   if "%xyz%" == "" Goto NotFound

   Echo "Found"
   Goto TheEnd

:NotFound
   Echo "Not found"

:TheEnd