FIX: Tools Won't Run If There's a Space in the Path (140024)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1
This article was previously published under Q140024 SYMPTOMS
Trying to run a user-defined tool that has a space in the path results in
this error:
Bad command or file name
RESOLUTION
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"
CMD.EXE /c "d:\batch dir\batch.bat"
- Use the short name of the tool.
STATUS
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.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/17/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbfix kbide kbVC500fix KB140024 |
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