How would I get this code to store the value returned by uuidgen.exe? I want the value of guid to be a Guid, not the path to uuidgen.exe.
SET guid="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\uuidgen.exe"
ECHO %guid%
pause
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`\\servername\network share\path to\file.exe` – Endoro Aug 21 '13 at 14:38
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@Endoro How does that answer my question? – gwin003 Aug 21 '13 at 14:52
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Dupe: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/108439/how-do-i-get-the-result-of-a-command-in-a-variable-in-windows – David Heffernan Aug 21 '13 at 17:18
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In a batch file you need the double percent sign on your variables, and to properly quote the path to uuidgen.exe. The following works in a batch file on my local computer (note the different version of SDK)
for /f %%i in ('"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bin\uuidgen.exe"') do set guid=%%i
echo %guid%
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