:: Copyright (C) 2012 Anaconda, Inc :: SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause :: Test first character and last character of %1 to see if first character is a " :: but the last character isn't. :: This was a bug as described in https://github.com/ContinuumIO/menuinst/issues/60 :: When Anaconda Prompt has the form :: %windir%\system32\cmd.exe "/K" "C:\Users\builder\Miniconda3\Scripts\activate.bat" "C:\Users\builder\Miniconda3" :: Rather than the correct :: %windir%\system32\cmd.exe /K ""C:\Users\builder\Miniconda3\Scripts\activate.bat" "C:\Users\builder\Miniconda3"" :: this solution taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/31359867 @SET "_args1=%1" @SET _args1_first=%_args1:~0,1% @SET _args1_last=%_args1:~-1% @SET _args1_first=%_args1_first:"=+% @SET _args1_last=%_args1_last:"=+% @SET _args1= @IF "%_args1_first%"=="+" IF NOT "%_args1_last%"=="+" @( @CALL "%~dp0..\condabin\conda.bat" activate @GOTO :CLEANUP ) :: This may work if there are spaces in anything in %* @CALL "%~dp0..\condabin\conda.bat" activate %* :CLEANUP @SET _args1_first= @SET _args1_last=