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Posted: **15 Sep 2010 17:15**

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to store IE download folder into a variable.

The following code works in vista but not in XP :cry:

(vista "cuts" the spaces, XP shows the path with preceding spaces)

Can anyone please help me get it right?

@ECHO OFF

FOR /F "tokens=2* delims=REG_SZ " %%A IN (' REG QUERY "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v "Download Directory" ') DO SET directory=%%B

echo %directory%

Thanks

Posted: **15 Sep 2010 17:27**

Use a "Tab" character as delimiter.

Regards
aGerman

Posted: **15 Sep 2010 19:39**

I modify this line when querying the registry. The default delimiters are (space) and (tab), so there's no need to set it.

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for /f "skip=2 tokens=3*" %%x in ('reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v "Download Directory"') do set "value=%%y"

So you know, when you set delims, it makes each individual character a delimiter. It is not a string input.

Posted: **15 Sep 2010 23:46**

- on some localized Windows REG.EXE use SPACE or TAB as delimiter
- on some Windows versions REG.EXE header may be different

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@for /f "tokens=3* delims=    " %%x in (
'reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v "Download Directory"^|find "REG_SZ"'
) do @set "directory=%%y"

@set directory
@pause >nul

Posted: **16 Sep 2010 05:25**

orange_batch's post did the trick..

Thanks guys for your help!!

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