[my2001]

FOR %%d in (xxx yyy zzz) DO (
  echo %%d
)

That's my basic structure which, of course, works fine. But unfortunately one of my arguments (i.e. xxx, yyy and zzz) contains spaces, e.g. "x xx" and FOR-command recognizes this as two separate argruments then.

Isn't there a possibility except /F switch to tell FOR to that one argument contains spaces? I tried to use quotes like 'xxx' etc. but this didn't help.

I can't take the spaces out of the arguments b/c my arguments represent registry keys which woulnd't be valid any longer w/o the spaces.

[gunsmokingman]

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FOR %%d in (xxx yyy zzz) DO (
echo %%d
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FOR %%d in ("xxx yyy zzz") DO (
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I am not sure but this may work

[jdoe]

@my2001

I'm not sure to understand what you want but if I understand this code can solve the problem

FOR %%D IN ("XXX" "YYY" "ZZZ") DO ECHO %%~D

Hoping this help