Batch file Error : "Files was unexpected at this time."

Question

I am getting the below error when I pass `path` as my 2nd argument. It looks like problem is with the space. `Files was unexpected at this time` I am executing the batch file with following parameters `services.cmd 2 "C:\Program Files (x86)\folder\Folder\folder\Bin" corp\acct password` CODE: ``` @echo off if "%1" == "" goto PARAMS if "%2" == "" goto PARAMS if "%3" == "" goto PARAMS if "%4" == "" goto PARAMS sc create ""%1 binpath= "\%2\xxx.exe\" \"xxx.exe.config\"" rem sc config ""%1 displayname= ""%1 obj= %3 password= %4 start= auto description= "Runs the service." goto END :PARAMS echo Usage CreateServices.cmd binfoldername binfolderpath username password :END ```

Accepted Answer

You cannot escape quotes within a quoted string. Use `%~2` to get rid of the unwanted quotes from a parameter.

Try the following:

```
sc create "<service name>%~1" binpath= "%~2\xxx.exe" "xxx.exe.config"
```

Batch file Error : "Files was unexpected at this time."

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