Correct quoting for cmd.exe for multiple arguments

Question

I want to call ``` cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.com" mysolution.sln /build "release|win32" ``` Unfortunately this does not work, because I get the error: 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. As I understand, I need quoting for the spaces and quotes for the |, but I am only allowed to use the quotes once. Any ideas how to quote this command line call correctly?

Accepted Answer

Note the `""` at the beginning and at the end!

Run a program and pass a Long Filename

```
cmd /c write.exe "c:\sample documents\sample.txt"
```

Spaces in Program Path

```
cmd /c ""c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Winword.exe""
```

Spaces in Program Path + parameters

```
cmd /c ""c:\Program Files\demo.cmd"" Parameter1 Param2
```

Spaces in Program Path + parameters with spaces

```
cmd /k ""c:\batch files\demo.cmd" "Parameter 1 with space" "Parameter2 with space""
```

Launch Demo1 and then Launch Demo2

```
cmd /c ""c:\Program Files\demo1.cmd" & "c:\Program Files\demo2.cmd""
```

CMD.exe (Command Shell)

Correct quoting for cmd.exe for multiple arguments

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