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I know this has probably been answered before but I have tryed every availible resource to find a solution to this coding issue. I need to be able to run a program with command line switches which works fine in all operating systems except XP because of the spaces in "C:\Documents and Settings\". I realize that there is supposably a proper way to make it function using different " & ' but despite my best efforts have been unable to get it to work the code is simple

RunWait(@comspec & '" /k ' & @DesktopDir & '\tdsskiller.exe -slient -dcexact -l tdss.txt"', '', @SW_HIDE)

It simply runs and closes without opening anything. Any help is appriciated!

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Well, you spelled silent wrong for one thing.

Also your command line will be run like this

"C:Windowssystem32cmd.exe" /k C:UsersBobDesktoptdsskiller.exe -slient -dcexact -l tdss.txt" I'm thinking you're going to need a space before the first double quote in front of the /k.

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RunWait(@comspec & ' /k "' & @DesktopDir & 'tdsskiller.exe -silent -dcexact -l tdss.txt"', '', @SW_SHOW)

Still gives same error in CMD "'C:Documents' is not a recognized as an internal or external executable command, operable program, or batch file."

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Try:

RunWait(@comspec & ' /k "' & @DesktopDir & '\tdsskiller.exe" -silent -dcexact -l tdss.txt', '', @SW_SHOW)

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What happens if you don't use @ComSpec? Because you don't really need that

If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.
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