FIX: Tools Won't Run If There's a Space in the Path

Last reviewed: September 18, 1997
Article ID: Q140024

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2

SYMPTOMS

Trying to run a user-defined tool that has a space in the path results in this error:

   Bad command or file name

RESOLUTION

Use one of the following two workarounds:

Call the command interpreter in either Windows 95 or Windows NT, and pass the path in quotation marks. For example:
In Windows 95:
```
      COMMAND.COM /c "d:\batch dir\batch.bat"
```
In Windows NT:
```
       CMD.EXE /c "d:\batch dir\batch.bat"
```
-or-
Use the short name of the tool.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 5.0.

Keywords          : vcbuglist400 vcfixlist500 VwbIss kbtool
Version           : 4.0 4.1 4.2
Platform          : NT WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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Last reviewed: September 18, 1997
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