Thread: Problems with FOR control syntax(progarmming)

When I try to read 3rd token from output of find control i only get echo %%A
Here is what I have
FOR /F "token=3* delims= " %%A IN ('reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" ^| find "productname"') do echo %%A


Output of the reg query command similar to ProductName REG_SZ Windows XP I am attempt to find out 1st 2 token so that I can use them as variable.

It is promising to take out the find process by using the
for /f loop and reg more effectively:

Code:

for /f "skip=4 tokens=2*" %%a in ('2^>nul reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersion" /v "ProductName"') do (
    echo %%b
)