text_combined: tony nelson cllagsgpqpgeorgeanelsoncom 114 pm 0000 52907 kristján valur jónsson wrote original message microsofts command line cope two pathnames must quoted command path must quoted argument command quoted tricky hacks work around mindboggling stupidity life simpler python doesnt use one quoted pathname dont know microsoft good sense fix vista probably never use since alternative exists didnt xp references claim command line xp sp2 works fine cprogram filesmicrosoft visual studio 8vccprogram filestextpad 4textpadexe ctmpf atxt ctmpf btxt program two file names quoted textpadexe opens pounded head issue working bat file years back read help cmd saw quote logic switched vbscript still help cmd found references issue run command microsofts online help perhaps fixed sp2 change dont worry users earlier versions windows ____________________________________________________________________ tonyn _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom tue 05 aug 2008 202140 0400 pythondev adventures x64 vs7 vs8 windows