Microsoft KB Archive/186613

= Using the Start Command with Long File Names =

Article ID: 186613

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

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This article was previously published under Q186613





SYMPTOMS
You can use the Start command at a command prompt to start applications either at the Terminal Server console or within a Terminal Server Client session. For instance, the command start "\\server\share\group contact info.xls" should open Excel and this spreadsheet, but it does not.



CAUSE
A problem in the parser in Windows NT Server 4.0 causes this command to fail.



RESOLUTION
To make the command work, the command line must be modified to: start \\server\share\"group contact info.xls"



STATUS


MORE INFORMATION
More generally, this command will fail: start "\\LONG SERVER\LONG SHARE\LONG DIR\LONG FILE"

This command will work: start \\"LONG SERVER"\"LONG SHARE"\"LONG DIR"\"LONG FILE"

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB186613

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