Errorlevel lost when passing command to new cmd.exe

Question

Hi

When I execute the following commands in a Windows 7 command prompt errorlevel 11 is returned:

%ComSpec% /C "EXIT 11" & IF 1 EQU 2 DIR

ECHO %ERRORLEVEL%

11

If I execute the first command in a new cmd.exe I get errorlevel 0:

%ComSpec% /C "%ComSpec% /C "EXIT 11" & IF 1 EQU 2 DIR"

ECHO %ERRORLEVEL%

0

Why do the two command lines not return the same errorlevel?

Regards,

Michael

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I have pointed some resources to it

Answer 3

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