I’ve created a .NET console application that gets some command line arguments. When I

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Asked: June 3, 20262026-06-03T17:45:35+00:00 2026-06-03T17:45:35+00:00

I’ve created a .NET console application that gets some command line arguments.

When I pass args with white spaces, I use quotes to embrace these arguments so that they are not splitted by cmd:

C:\MyAppDir> MyApp argument1 "argument 2" "the third argument"

If I execute the app in Windows XP it works fine: it gets 3 arguments:

However, if i execute it in Windows Server 2008 it seems to ignore quotes: it gets 6 arguments:

Any ideas why?

NOTE: I printed arguments just when Main starts execution using this code:

Console.WriteLine("Command line arguments:");
foreach (string arg in args)
{
    Console.WriteLine("# " + arg);
}

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-03T17:45:38+00:00

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Make sure the character you are typing is indeed the double quote “.

Maybe it’s a character that looks like it.

I know my Greek language settings produce a ” but it’s not read that way.

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