Compile Batch File from a Batch File

So here's what I'm trying to accomplish. There are a certain series of steps me and my team have to perform when we setup a new machine in our 40k+ employee company. I'm trying to automate some of the simple tasks in behalf of my team so as to make our job a bit more automated. However, I wrote a batch file which must be ran and coded to match the file server on site which could be one of hundreds of servers. Since there's a variable there, I've added that to the batch file so when the batch file runs, it looks in config.txt for the proper server name which I've instructed my team on how to configure per site. Well, the problem is that this bombs out when run from a UNC path as opposed to a network drive. There is a common shared network drive that we can access (the G drive in our organization), however, sometimes with a new user or during an acquisition, we perform these processes before our AD group has setup their login scripts and mapping those drives manually is counter-intuitive. So I thought about taking the batch file I wrote and making a "config.bat" which I will post below, and my guys can be prompted to enter the server name of the location they're at and I don't have to worry about UNC paths for this file to run correctly and then it dumps the entire thing into the "install.bat" or whatever that was my original intention and can be run from the UNC path. @echo off echo @echo off >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt ::Sets Up The Server Information SET /P SVRNAME=[Enter the server name] echo set filecontent=%SVRNAME% >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt ::Ends Setting up the Server Information ::Begin Meat And Potatoes echo goto menu >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo :menu >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo COLOR 07 >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo cls >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo Please choose what you are doing: >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo 1 Running Pre-CMWSUP Tasks >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo 2 Running Post-CMWSUP Tasks >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo 3 Quit >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo :choice >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo set /P C=[1,2,3]? >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo if "%C%"=="3" goto abort >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo if "%C%"=="2" goto post >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo if "%C%"=="1" goto pre >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo goto choice >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo :pre >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo cls >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo COLOR 17 >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo Copying appropriate files now. Please wait >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo copy \\%filecontent%\MyDocs\Apps\files\AdobeRdr92.EXE C:\TIVOLI\Stage >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo copy \\%filecontent%\MyDocs\Apps\files\GRC_DAT-01.EXE C:\TIVOLI\Stage >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo copy \\%filecontent%\MyDocs\Apps\files\Controls-13.exe C:\TIVOLI\Stage >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo cls >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo Please Initiate CMWSUP NOW >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo pause >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo goto menu >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo :post >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo cls >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo COLOR 17 >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo Copying appropriate files now. Please wait >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo mkdir c:\cbdsag\ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo copy \\%filecontent%\SVRSHARE\Apps\files\PROFILE_GENERATOR_V2.0-01.EXE echo c:\cbdsag\ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo copy echo \\%filecontent%\SVRSHARE\Apps\files\PROFILE_GENERATOR_V2.0_UPDATE-01.EXE echo c:\cbdsag\ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo copy \\%filecontent%\SVRSHARE\Apps\files\CBD_ECC26-01.EXE c:\cbdsag\ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo c:\cbdsag\SAGITTA_PROFILE_GENERATOR_V2.0-01.EXE >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo c:\cbdsag\SAGITTA_PROFILE_GENERATOR_V2.0_UPDATE-01.EXE >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo c:\cbdsag\CBD_ECC26-01.EXE >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo cls >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo COLOR 4f >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo Updating the Local Group Policy. Please Wait >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo gpupdate >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo cls >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo COLOR 2f >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo Success! >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo Please Shutdown the Computer "%computername%". >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo +----------------------------------------------+ >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo echo. >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo pause >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo goto menu >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo :abort >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt echo exit >> INS_POST_INSTALL.txt So I've taken the batch file I wrote and I'm trying to dump it into a new batch file but giving my guys the ability to dump it with the variables pre-configured. The problem is that anything inside a "%" doesn't get outputted. Is this even possible to do? Am I doing something wrong? Anyway I can dump this file into something that works?

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