How to escape quote marks in Exec Command in MSBuild

Question

I\'m trying to build an MSBuild script that maps a network drive to a drive letter in the script, but unfortunately the path to the target folder includes an embedded space. Th

Answer 1

You can use single quotes for command ,e.g.

  <Exec Command='explorer.exe "$(DestinationDir)"' IgnoreExitCode="true" />

(From MSBuild exec task without blocking)

Answer 2

Use " to encode the double quotes that you want net to see inside the Command attribute value :

<Exec Command="net use x: &quot;\\ofmapoly703\c$\program files\ar\iap&quot; /user:$(UserID) $(Password)" 
WorkingDirectory="c:\" 
ContinueOnError="false" 
/>