Set a path variable with spaces in the path in a Windows .cmd file or batch file

Question

I\'m new to script writing and can\'t get this one to work. I could if I moved the files to a path without a space in it, but I\'d like it to work with the space if it coul

Answer 1

There are two options here. First, you can store the path unquoted and just quote it later:

set MyPath=C:\Program Files\Foo
"%MyPath%\foo with spaces.exe" something

Another option you could use is a subroutine which alles for un-quoting strings (but in this case it's actually not a very good idea since you're adding quotes, stripping them away and re-adding them again without benefit):

set MyPath="C:\Program Files\Foo"
call :foo %MyPath%
goto :eof

:foo
"%~1\foo.exe"
goto :eof

The %~1 removes quotation marks around the argument. This comes in handy when passing folder names around quoted but, as said before, in this particular case it's not the best idea :-)

Answer 2

Try this;

1. create a variable as below

   SET "SolutionDir=C:\Test projects\Automation tests\bin\Debug"**
   

2. Then replace the path with variable. Make sure to add quotes for starts and end

   vstest.console.exe "%SolutionDir%\Automation.Specs.dll"
   

Answer 3

also just try adding double slashes like this works for me only

set dir="C:\\1. Some Folder\\Some Other Folder\\Just Because"

@echo on MKDIR %dir%

OMG after posting they removed the second \ in my post so if you open my comment and it shows three you should read them as two......

Answer 4

Try something like this:

SET MY_PATH=C:\Folder with a space

"%MY_PATH%\MyProgram.exe" /switch1 /switch2

Answer 5

I always place the path in double quotes when I am creating a .bat file. (I just added the PAUSE so it wont close the screen.)

For example:

"C:\Program Files\PageTech\PCLReader64_131\PCLReader64.exe"
PAUSE

Answer 6

The proper way to do this is like so:

@ECHO off
SET MY_PATH=M:\Dir\^
With Spaces\Sub Folder^
\Dir\Folder
:: calls M:\Dir\With Spaces\Sub Folder\Dir\Folder\hello.bat
CALL "%MY_PATH%\hello.bat"
pause