Set a path variable with spaces in the path in a Windows .cmd file or batch file

Solution 1:

Try something like this:

SET MY_PATH=C:\Folder with a space

"%MY_PATH%\MyProgram.exe" /switch1 /switch2

Solution 2:

I use

set "VAR_NAME=<String With Spaces>"

when updating path:

set "PATH=%UTIL_DIR%;%PATH%"

Solution 3:

There are two options here. First, you can store the path unquoted and just quote it later:

set MyPath=C:\Program Files\Foo
"%MyPath%\foo with spaces.exe" something

Another option you could use is a subroutine which alles for un-quoting strings (but in this case it's actually not a very good idea since you're adding quotes, stripping them away and re-adding them again without benefit):

set MyPath="C:\Program Files\Foo"
call :foo %MyPath%
goto :eof

:foo
"%~1\foo.exe"
goto :eof

The %~1 removes quotation marks around the argument. This comes in handy when passing folder names around quoted but, as said before, in this particular case it's not the best idea :-)

Solution 4:

Try this;

create a variable as below

SET "SolutionDir=C:\Test projects\Automation tests\bin\Debug"**

Then replace the path with variable. Make sure to add quotes for starts and end
```
vstest.console.exe "%SolutionDir%\Automation.Specs.dll"
```

Solution 5:

I always place the path in double quotes when I am creating a .bat file. (I just added the PAUSE so it wont close the screen.)

For example:

"C:\Program Files\PageTech\PCLReader64_131\PCLReader64.exe"
PAUSE