Loop over folder string and parse out last folder name

Question

I need to grab the folder name of a currently executing batch file. I have been trying to loop over the current directory using the following syntax (which is wrong at prese

Answer 1

I modified answer given by @Jonathan, since it did not work for me in a batch file, but this below does work, and also supports folders with spaces in it.:

for %%a in ("%CD%") do set LastFolder=%%~nxa
echo %LastFolder%

This takes the current directory and echoes the last, deepest folder, as in below example, if the folder is this:

C:\Users\SuperPDX\OneDrive\Desktop Environment\

The batch code echoes this: Desktop Environment