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foo.bat
SET arch=%processor_architecture%
SET pf="C:\Program Files"
if "%arch%" == "AMD64" (
SET pf="C:\Program Files (x86)"
)
REM below fails because "pf" has spaces in it
REM using "%pf%\bar\baz\file.foo" also fails because then it looks at %pf% as a literal
copy \\some\path\file.foo %pf%\bar\baz\file.foo
@jredville
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copy \\some\path\file.foo '%pf%\bar\baz\file.foo' doesn't work?

@jessenic
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See my fork.

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smarx commented Nov 30, 2012

Your SET commands are wrong. Try set pf=C:\Program Files (x86). (Don't put quotation marks.)

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smarx commented Nov 30, 2012

Oh, I had missed jessenic's fork. That should also work.

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