I'm just curious about this:
It's possible to create a Folder, in Windows Explorer, with the same Name as an Environment Variable (like %ProgramData%).
The same procedure in CMD.exe with mkdir prevents this and if i try to access this folder, i always get re-directed to the Environment Variable.
But is there any known way to access this kind of Folder with the command-line?
Are there any escape parameters for this, to prevent resolving the variable?
For accessing the directory (via cd), you could use the console's character replacement (aka wildcards), and replace one of (or both) the percent signs with a question mark. e.g.:
cd ?ProgramData%cd %ProgramData?cd ?ProgramData?Alternatively, and for use with other commands like rename, md and such, you can escape the percentage with a caret (^). e.g:
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