Article: Q140024
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): 4.0,4.1,4.2
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbide kbVC kbVC500fix kbGrpDSTools
Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual C++, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
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SYMPTOMS
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Trying to run a user-defined tool that has a space in the path results in this
error:
Bad command or file name
RESOLUTION
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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"
In Windows NT:
CMD.EXE /c "d:\batch dir\batch.bat"
-or-
- Use the short name of the tool.
STATUS
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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.
Additional query words: kbVC400bug
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Keywords : kbide kbVC kbVC500fix kbGrpDSTools
Technology : kbVCsearch kbVC400 kbAudDeveloper kbVC410 kbVC420
Version : :4.0,4.1,4.2
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix
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