prevent the problem of space in windows folders in the command line

Question

As we know that windows, we can create folders with a name contains spaces(Hello World,New Folder,My Programs). In the commandline if we use start c:\Hello World\mygame.exe , it gives error called Hello is not found. it split the word from the space, to avoid this we can use thid start c:\"Hello World"\mygame.exe. my problem is this set x=%cd% (Here cd is "c:\Hello World" ) and we execute mygame.exe using this command "start %cd%\mygame.exe" which gives error of Hello is not found. Anyone knows solution for this?

Solution 1

Instead of putting quotes around just part of the path, put quotes around the entire path. If you do that, you should be fine.

start "%cd%\mygame.exe"

Solution 2

In the set command put quotes around the whole assignment:

set "x=%cd%"

In the start command, use quotes as well:

start "%x%\mygame.exe"

Solution 3

for example, if you have a folder name FOO FOO with a space and you want to access from cmd yo just do:

cd "FOO FOO"

That's all

Comments

[shan]

@Brad did u try it with your self?

[Brad]

@shan, Yes, I did try it myself, and it works fine for me. If it isn't working for you, did you make sure that you are setting the variable correctly?

[shan]

@Brad Are u working on windows? What is your cd refer to? if the folder names doesn't any space this works, if there is a spaces this is not work

[Brad]

@shan, Yes, I am using Windows, and yes it does work. Try it yourself using %ProgramFiles%. You must be defining %cd% incorrectly.

[Brad]

@shan, %cd% is set to the current directory by the system! Why do you need to use it at all? Just call mygame.exe if you are in the correct path.

[shan]

@Brad because i am not in a working directory,I am try to copy bat file to another location with data.not ProgramFiles Program files.Please give correct answer, when you give the answer,otherwise you are misleading others,Don't ask me to try,I am trying to do it

[shan]

@Brad In your solution, it only open another console