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How do I escape spaces in command line in Windows without using quotation marks?

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Mar 15, 2026358746 views
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For example what is the alternative to this command without quotation marks: The full reason I don't want to use quotation marks is that this command DOES work: but this command DOES NOT work : The problem being when I change mypathname for a path with spaces in it I need to quote the whole thing. For example: But when I try this I get the following error message:

Error Output

CD "c:\Documents and Settings"

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It almost all works for me, but have you perhaps tried line5.. escaping the space with a caret symbol (^) Or e.g. below where the caret really makes all the difference. Looks from below like the caret symbol may be your answer, see line 3 below.

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