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Hello,

I can't figure out why this command won't work:

run("C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\My Documents\putty.exe")

It has worked for years, now all of a sudden when I use this command I get an error saying "Unable to execute external command"

However, this command will work:

run("C:\putty.exe")

I know the file is in both places. The paths are correct (I even used FileExists to double check).

Please help.

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Hello,

I can't figure out why this command won't work:

run("C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\My Documents\putty.exe")

It has worked for years, now all of a sudden when I use this command I get an error saying "Unable to execute external command"

However, this command will work:

run("C:\putty.exe")

I know the file is in both places. The paths are correct (I even used FileExists to double check).

Please help.

Try specifying the working directory and see if that helps:

Run("C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\My Documents\putty.exe", "C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\My Documents\")

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Run(@DocumentsDir & "\putty.exe")

or

Run(FileGetShortName("C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\My Documents") & "\putty.exe")

or

Run('"C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\My Documents\putty.exe"')

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Thanks you. So this worked:

Run(FileGetShortName("C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\My Documents") & "\putty.exe")

Here is the question. What could have caused this to change? I have many scripts that have run for a long time without the FileGetShortName command and now I have to go through them all and change them.

Is there a parameter in the operating system or something?

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Thanks you. So this worked:

Run(FileGetShortName("C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\My Documents") & "\putty.exe")

Here is the question. What could have caused this to change? I have many scripts that have run for a long time without the FileGetShortName command and now I have to go through them all and change them.

Is there a parameter in the operating system or something?

As Richard Robertson pointed out, if there are spaces in the path then you will have a problem. You must use FileGetShortName() ( prefered ) or enclose the path in double quotes. In order to do that then you also have to enclose the entire path in single quotes ( or double up your double quotes, which is not so good ).

If that line worked then any of the others should also have worked providing you were working with your own "My Documents" folder. If not, then either the second or third should work. Notice that in the third I enclosed the double quotes inside of single quotes.

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As Richard Robertson pointed out, if there are spaces in the path then you will have a problem. You must use FileGetShortName() ( prefered ) or enclose the path in double quotes. In order to do that then you also have to enclose the entire path in single quotes ( or double up your double quotes, which is not so good ).

If that line worked then any of the others should also have worked providing you were working with your own "My Documents" folder. If not, then either the second or third should work. Notice that in the third I enclosed the double quotes inside of single quotes.

Thanks again for your help.

I know what you're saying and that makes sense. The thing is, 2 days ago I never had to do this in scripts. In addition, another link with spaces works just fine right now:

run("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE")

Is there something about certain exes that would cause this?

Really odd.

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Did you always use a string literal for the path of the file that you wanted to run, or did you use a combination of a macro and a string?

Just curious....

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Is there something about certain exes that would cause this?

Change of directory structure or a system setting perhaps. You have been lucky so far as to using unquoted paths with spaces and should consider adding quotes to protect paths executed by that may have spaces as default.

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