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According to Wikipedia it is indeed cheating:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_(computing)

Thanks to DigitalSnow answering this on another thread

I had previously brought up the issue but it went unanswered. Good answer.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3802&p=20333&hilit=quine#p20333

Sure. But if you type the full name of the batch file this works. Apparently it is okay to specify how the batch file should be called, judging by the quine page. Also judging by that page, brevity matters. If robustness is a goal you could do this:

Is this cheating?: