Error Message Setting Up Program Items: Invalid Path

 Last reviewed: July 10, 1995
Article ID: Q132360
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

When you set up a program item in Windows NT, and uses a directory name that contains a space in either the Command Line or Working Directory text boxes, the following error appears: 

   The path <drive letter>:\<xxx> is invalid.
where <drive letter> is the root drive letter and <xxx> represents the portion of the directory name that precedes the space.

Directory names that include a space must be enclosed with quotation marks when used in the Command Line and Working Directory text boxes. If you choose the Browse button and select the directory from the Browse dialog box, the quotation marks are added automatically.

KBCategory: kbusage kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: nthowto ntui
Additional reference words: 3.51 prodnt

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Last reviewed: July 10, 1995
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