Re: Whats the %=C:% environment variable used for ?

"R.Wieser" <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:47:15 +0100
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-xp,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.msdos.batch.nt
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Mr. Man-wai Chang,

> How about a screenshot??

Of what ?

> Could it be caused by insufficient length of the PATH string? Or maybe the
> Command Prompt window's width?

Neither.  Its an envronment variables name.  As mentioned, using the 
command-prompt you can read its contents (the current path for that drive), 
but not set it.

> dos batch "=C:" - Google Search
> https://www.google.com/search?q=dos+batch+%22%3DC%3A%22

Google refuses work with browsers that do not have Javascript.  The same 
search using DDG gave me zero results.  Thats why I posted the question 
here.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser