thanks a lot! New patch is on it's way :) /Jens
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Hawkins Sent: den 11 september 2004 19:51 To: Jens Collin Cc: Alexandre Julliard; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: resend: patch: shell32.dll - SHELL_ArgifyW expands env-vars What you need is this: static const WCHAR nameOfVarW = {'%','s','%','%',0}; and then use nameOfVarW wherever you wanted L"%s%%".