Batch help needed

Gadgetman496

I have a batch file that runs perfectly on XP but not on Vista.

The code is part of the batch file that scans the computer & returns a list of all available drives on the system, it then prompts the user to select a drive.

Can anyone tell me from the details below, why this is not working on Vista?


This is what gets returned when run under XP




This is what gets returned when run under Vista (UAC turned off)




I would really appreciate if anyone can help me figure this out & get it to work on both XP & Vista

@echo off
set cnt=
set errmsg=echo invalid number - select again^&^&goto select
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%d in ('fsutil fsinfo drives^|find ":"') do (
set tmp=%%d&&set tmp=!tmp:\=!&&set tmp=!tmp:Drives: =!
for /f "delims=" %%e in ('fsutil fsinfo drivetype !tmp!') do (
set /a cnt+=1&&echo !cnt! = %%e&&set ___var___!cnt!=%%e
)
)


:select
set drive=&&set err=&&set test=
echo.
echo.
echo.
set /p drive=please select your drive? 
if not defined drive goto select
if "%drive:~0,1%"=="0" %errmsg%
for /f %%b in ('set /a %drive%*2 2^>^&1 1^>nul') do set err=%%b
if defined err %errmsg%
if %drive% gtr %cnt% %errmsg%
set /a test=%drive%*2>nul
if %test%==0 %errmsg%
set str=!___var___%drive%!
for /f %%c in ("%str%") do set drive=%%c
set cnt=&&set err=&&set test=&&set errmsg=
for /l %%g in (1,1,%cnt%) do set var%%g=
setlocal disabledelayedexpansion

echo.
echo.
echo.
echo the drive you selected is %drive%

echo.
echo.
echo.
pause

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Kevster

Yikes, I hate it when this type of incompatibility problem occurs. I do know that Vista signified an even further advance away from an MSDOS-based system than even WinXP though, and that could mean that some functions in the MSDOS shell were discarded in Vista. That could be what's happening here.

This is an extreme longshot, but try to run the batch-file in the DOS-Box program on both XP and Vista, and you should get the same result each time. Alternatively - and this is an even greater longshot - run both in command.com and not cmd.exe

Kevin