DOCUMENT:Q140024  30-JUL-2001  [visualc]
TITLE   :FIX: Tools Won't Run If There's a Space in the Path
PRODUCT :Microsoft C Compiler
PROD/VER::4.0,4.1,4.2
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbide kbVC kbVC500fix kbGrpDSTools

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual C++, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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Trying to run a user-defined tool that has a space in the path results in this
error:

   Bad command or file name

RESOLUTION
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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
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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.

Additional query words: kbVC400bug

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Keywords          : kbide kbVC kbVC500fix kbGrpDSTools 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbVC400 kbAudDeveloper kbVC410 kbVC420
Version           : :4.0,4.1,4.2
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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