DOCUMENT:Q125500  08-AUG-2001  [winnt]
TITLE   :Program Item Changes for Programs in Directory with Spaces
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you create a new Program Manager icon, and then modify the icon's program
item properties, and the icon changes to the default Program Manager icon.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs when one or more of the directories reference in the Program
Item Properties Command Line has one or more spaces in it's name (for example,
C:\MY DIR\MYFILE.EXE).

NOTE: If you specify an executable program in a directory with spaces on the
command line entry of the program item properties, the location and file name
are enclosed with quotation marks: "c:\a test\<filename>.exe"

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


Additional query words: prodnt executable .exe

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Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search

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