How to make SHIFT work with %* in batch files

Question

In my batch file on Windows XP, I want to use %* to expand to all parameters except the first.
Test file (foo.bat):

Answer 1

Don't think there's a simple way to do so. You could try playing with the following workaround instead:

@ECHO OFF
>tmp ECHO(%*
SET /P t=

Example:

test.bat 1 2 3=4

Output:

2 3=4