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Asked: 2026-05-11T04:02:18+00:00

I’m missing something (obvious?) about escaping my strings or spaces in the following Windows

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I’m missing something (obvious?) about escaping my strings or spaces in the following Windows Server 2k3 batch command.

FORFILES -m *.wsp -c 'CMD /C C:\Program^ Files\Common^ Files\Microsoft^ Shared\web^ server^ extensions\12\bin\stsadm.exe^ -o^ addsolution^ -filename^ @FILE'

Results in the following error

'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin\stsadm.exe -o addsolution -filename 'foobar.wsp'' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.

But I can’t figure out why. I’m working off Mr. Simon Sheppard’s fine documentation

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  1. The path needs to be quoted, and the quote must be escaped.

    FORFILES -m *.wsp -c 'CMD /C ^0x22C:\Program^ Files\Common^ Files\Microsoft^ Shared\web^ server^ extensions\12\bin\stsadm.exe^0x22 -o^ addsolution^ -filename^ @FILE'

    A co-worker suggested using the hex for ‘, and I eventually figured out that the hex needed escaping.

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