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- DOCUMENT:Q104076 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Set Up of Applications in Directories with Spaces May Not Work
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:buglist3.10
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- If you use Windows NT Setup to set up existing applications, icons
- that are created from applications that are in directory names with
- spaces will not work correctly.
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. On an NTFS partition, create a directory with a spaces in its name,
- such as "dir name."
-
- 2. Copy a Windows 3.0 or 3.1 or Windows NT application into the
- directory (such as WRITE.EXE).
-
- 3. From the Main program group, open the Windows NT Setup program.
-
- 4. Select Options from the menu and then select Set Up Applications.
-
- 5. Select the drive on which the application is installed and choose
- Search Now.
-
- 6. After the drive has been searched, select the file that you copied
- to the NTFS partition and click the Continue button.
-
- Windows NT Setup creates an icon in the Applications group for
- the program.
-
- 7. Double-click the icon to start the application. You will receive
- the following error message:
-
- Application Execution Error
-
- Cannot find File F:\dir (or one of its components); check to
- ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required
- libraries are available.
-
- 8. Choose the OK button to clear the error message.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- If the application is on a FAT partition, the directory must be
- renamed to remove any illegal MS-DOS characters, such as spaces.
-
- If the application is on an NTFS partition, select the icon in the
- Applications group and from the File menu, choose Properties. On the
- command line, place quotation marks around the entire line and choose
- OK. The icon should now be able to open the application.
-
- STATUS
- ======
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1
- and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this
- problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
- Base as it becomes available.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 W_NTAS
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: stp
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