Sharon F, of course! that's why you're an MVP
Martin

"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
news:OI6H2dV5FHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:30:02 -0800, nee wrote:
>
>> It appears that on Win2K and WinXP I can no longer start an app from a
>> DOS
>> prompt in a folder that has whitespaces in the name, e.g., "Program
>> Files".
>> Does anyone know of a way around this? Using the Windows GUI
>> ("Start"/"Run"/...) isn't an option for me in this particular case.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Place quotes around any path with spaces. Example:
> Change
> C:\Program Files\some program
> lo
> "C:\Program Files\some program"
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User