Question

I am trying to run the following code in vbscript:

ReturnCode = WshShell.Run("C:\Program Files\Virtutech\Simics 4.2\Simics 4.2.9\x86-win32\bin\simics.exe", 0, True)

I get an error when I run this script saying it cannot find the file. I think the problem is spaces in the path, but I don’t want to reinstall this application to a different path. How do I get around this?

EDIT: Also, I need to be able to put arguments after the executable. Do the arguments go inside the quotes or outside?

Answer 1

You can get around this by surrounding the path in quotes. But to do so, you need to escape them correctly(with "), so:

ReturnCode = WshShell.Run("""C:\Program Files\Virtutech\Simics 4.2\Simics 4.2.9\x86-win32\bin\simics.exe""", 0, True)

EDIT: Keep the path in double quotes and add around them as necessary:

"""C:\Program Files\Virtutech\Simics 4.2\Simics 4.2.9\x86-win32\bin\simics.exe"" argumentGoesHere"