Convert String to Path For Run Command VBScript

Question

WshShell.Run """C:\Program Files\Target.exe"" -s"

In command above, I want to use a string instead of the path, but it is not working!

Directory = "C:\Program Files\Target.exe"
WshShell.Run """Directory"" -s"

How to do it?

Bond · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-25 17:33:14Z

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Using Chr(34) might make things clearer.

Directory = "C:\Program Files\Target.exe"
WshShell.Run Chr(34) & Directory & Chr(34) & " -s"

Otherwise, the syntax you're looking for gets a bit complicated:

WshShell.Run """" & Directory & """ -s"

If you need to use a quote character within a string literal, it must be doubled. And if you need to include a VBScript variable, it should be concatenated (&).

answered Sep 25, 2014 at 17:33

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Ansgar Wiechers Over a year ago

Arguably the best way of handling this is to wrap it in a quoting function.

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