I don't have a %ver% variable... do you mean to do this? ver > "c:\automate\Results.txt"
From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WTF (VER in batch, Win7) This works as expected: echo %computername% > "c:\automate\Results.txt" This does not: (The TXT file contains %ver% instead of the expected "Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]") echo %ver% > "c:\automate\Results.txt" Anyone? David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin