The FAT32 or NTFS file system found in VARIOUS versions of Windows stores files with both a short name and a long name. steve number2.exe is the long file name. The short file name is probably SOMETHING LIKE steven~1.exe. (You can verify this by running a DIR /x command against the directory where steve number2.exe exists).

Normally you reference files with their long file name by enclosing them in quotes. Since the START command thinks that quoted literals are the Window title, you have to workaround the problem by using the short file name.

Use the short file name in your START command.

I hope this enough to get you started. Don't be afraid to experiment a BIT.

Good luck.

I have no idea what w/e means.The FAT32 or NTFS file system found in various versions of Windows stores files with both a short name and a long name. steve number2.exe is the long file name. The short file name is probably something like steven~1.exe. (You can verify this by running a DIR /x command against the directory where steve number2.exe exists).

Normally you reference files with their long file name by enclosing them in quotes. Since the START command thinks that quoted literals are the Window title, you have to workaround the problem by using the short file name.

Use the short file name in your START command.

I hope this enough to get you started. Don't be afraid to experiment a bit.

Good luck.

I have no idea what you mean by w/ew/e=whateverSteve,

Show us what you have tried and the results of what happened. At this point it's IMPOSSIBLE to know what is going wrong.

all i want to do is know how to write a file name t hat is more than one word, when i use quotes, it doesnt workYou can't. Due to the way the START command interprets parameters, a quoted literal is used as the Window title. That said, you need to use the DOS 8.3 short name for your file. A DIR /x command in the directory where steve number2.exe resides will list the short name. Use that in your START command.

Haven't we been on this ride before? and i told you that i dont know what a /x means, or how to use it...or where to use it

-sDIR is the command and /x is the switch that controls the command. Just type it like this...

DIR /x C:\Steve

C:\Steve should be replaced with the correct path to your exe file.
The easy way to make your exe file run would be to rename it with an underscore, from steve number2.exe to steve_number2.exe.
As long as it doesn't mess up any other programs that might use steve number2.exe.