why can't I run this exe file from the command prompt?

Question

My file's path is D:\installed software\Wing IDE 3.2\bin\wingide.exe .

Now I want to run the wingide.exe file on the command line. So first, I enter cmd to the startup box, then get C:\Documents and settings\Administrator>

Then I typed d: then installed software\Wing IDE 3.2\bin\wingide.exe after it. and click the enter key. It shows D:\installed is not an command . Why? How can I correct this?

Answer 1

Your path has a space in it so you need to put quotes around it. Try typing:

"D:\installed software\Wing IDE 3.2\bin\wingide.exe"

Answer 2

Type:

"D:\installed software\Wing IDE 3.2\bin\wingide.exe"

Answer 3

The Windows command prompt (I hope you are not actually using MS-DOS.) does not care about what keys you've typed: It cares about the command you are attempting to run and it seems it's this:

installed software\Wing IDE 3.2\bin\wingide.exe

So you are asking to run program "installed" and pass three parameters to it:

• software\Wing
• IDE
• 3.2\bin\wingide.exe

... because that's how most command prompts work: you use white space to separate items. You probably want this:

"installed software\Wing IDE 3.2\bin\wingide.exe"

or:

"D:\installed software\Wing IDE 3.2\bin\wingide.exe"