title: Dealing with quotes in Windows batch scripts
body: <p>In a Windows batch file, when you do the following:  </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><code>set myvar="c:\my music &amp; videos"</code></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>the variable <code>myvar</code> is stored with the quotes included. Honestly I find that very stupid. The quotes are just to tell where the string begins and ends, not to be stored as part of the value itself.<br>
  How can I prevent this from happening?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>