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GeoffVass
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Funny Windows 11 Non-Glitch

#1 Post by GeoffVass » 04 Oct 2021 17:39

Just found one of my scripts broke on Windows 11.
I had something like this:

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SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
<do some stuff>
if defined Result (echo Success) else (echo Failure!!)
EndLocal
This has always worked, but on Windows 11 it glitches. You can probably guess the

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!!
in the echo command is the culprit.

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Re: Funny Windows 11 Non-Glitch

#2 Post by Squashman » 04 Oct 2021 21:45

Not explicitly understanding what you think the glitch is? There has always been an issue with displaying exclamations when delayed expansion is enabled.

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Re: Funny Windows 11 Non-Glitch

#3 Post by GeoffVass » 04 Oct 2021 23:28

The glitch is that I should never have used exclamation marks cosmetically. But it used to work, and now doesn't. So either Microsoft has fixed a bug in Windows 11, or introduced one. Anyway I've just removed the exclamation marks. My point is that it's weird to find some changed behavior in CMD.EXE so quickly.

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Re: Funny Windows 11 Non-Glitch

#4 Post by aGerman » 05 Oct 2021 02:18

You are showing us a piece of code but not what you get on Win 11 in comparison to what you got on Win 10 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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@echo off

SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "Result="
if defined Result (echo Success) else (echo Failure!!)

set "Result=X"
if defined Result (echo Success) else (echo Failure!!)
EndLocal

pause
Output on Win10:

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Failure
Success
Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .
Of course it's absolutely expected that the exclamation points are removed because they are treated as an empty/undefined variable if delayed expansion is enabled.
So if you take this example and run it on Win 11, what's the difference?

Steffen

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Re: Funny Windows 11 Non-Glitch

#5 Post by aGerman » 05 Oct 2021 12:45

Alright, let me answer this question myself. Installed Win 11, ran the script, and the output is

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Failure
Success
Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .
The difference is that it shows up in a console window with round corners :lol:

Steffen

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Re: Funny Windows 11 Non-Glitch

#6 Post by Squashman » 05 Oct 2021 12:52

aGerman wrote:
05 Oct 2021 12:45
The difference is that it shows up in a console window with round corners :lol:
I draw the line on round corners. Never upgrading to Windows 11!!

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Re: Funny Windows 11 Non-Glitch

#7 Post by atfon » 05 Oct 2021 13:05

Squashman wrote:
05 Oct 2021 12:52
aGerman wrote:
05 Oct 2021 12:45
The difference is that it shows up in a console window with round corners :lol:
I draw the line on round corners. Never upgrading to Windows 11!!
Maybe write a script that converts round corners to square? :wink:

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Re: Funny Windows 11 Non-Glitch

#8 Post by aGerman » 05 Oct 2021 13:28

:lol: I'm far too pragmatic to get upset about those details. As long as everything works I'm still ok if they make concave corners having flourish. After a few days I don't even notice it anymore :wink:

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