Microsoft KB Archive/132360

= Error Message Setting Up Program Items: Invalid Path =

Article ID: 132360

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

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This article was previously published under Q132360



When you set up a program item in Windows NT, and uses a directory name that contains a space in either the Command Line or Working Directory text boxes, the following error appears:

The path :\ is invalid.

where is the root drive letter and represents the portion of the directory name that precedes the space.

Directory names that include a space must be enclosed with quotation marks when used in the Command Line and Working Directory text boxes. If you choose the Browse button and select the directory from the Browse dialog box, the quotation marks are added automatically.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: KB132360

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