Filename string space issue in VBScript

Question

I get an error when I run this command and I am unsure why.

Running VBScript to execute a bat file, I want to output any error messages to a log file. So to do this I ha

Answer 1

I think the issue here is because the cmd /k needs the commands passed to it to be encapsulated in double quotes.

So the command (removed THISSTRING as you said that was just to trigger the error)

WshShell.Run "cmd /k ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Folder\File.bat"" > ""C:\Program Files(x86)\Folder\File.txt""", 1, True

Becomes

WshShell.Run "cmd /k """"C:\Program Files (x86)\Folder\File.bat"" > ""C:\Program Files(x86)\Folder\File.txt""""", 1, True

and run's as

cmd /k ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Folder\File.bat" > "C:\Program Files(x86)\Folder\File.txt""