Retrieve the Full and Short Pathnames with a Batch File
This code comes in handy when you've run out of storage in the %PATH% environment variable. Save the following code as Pathname.bat in C:\winnt:
@echo off
if not exist %1 echo %1 - no such file or directory exists&goto :EOF
echo.
echo Full PathName : %1
echo.
echo Short PathName : %~s1
echo.
echo.
Next, execute the file test.bat in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio. The result will be the full PathName:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio"
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