Dynamically assigned environmental variables

[batchfileman]

I am looking to write a batch file that will take the usernames out of the directory "C:/Documents and Settings/****" and store them in environmental variables.
I then want to be able to then call each of these variables individually. For example I may want # 50 but not 39-43. I am designing the logic behind that but cannot get the variables to store the way I want. Any suggestions?

[aGerman]

Try this

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@echo off &setlocal
pushd "C:\Documents and Settings"
for /f "delims=: tokens=1*" %%a in ('dir /ad /b^|findstr /n .') do set "userVar%%a=%%b"
popd

:: display all
set userVar
pause

Regards
aGerman

[batchfileman]

So this works to put each of the usernames into a variable. Now why can I not reference them.
For example I cannot "echo userVar7" and get the seventh entry.

[batchfileman]

DOH! I'm a butt. echo %userVar7%. All set here. You are wonderful. Thank you my german friend.

[batchfileman]

What about testing the variables dynamically. For example I am on a domain network. I am looking specifically to remove an icon that has been placed on individual users desktops. I do not really care about the administrator, localservice, setup etc... users. However some machines only have one user and some have hundreds. Any good way to do that?

[aGerman]

No, sorry. I've no idea how to do this remotely.

Regards
aGerman