[SOLVED] The Old "WINDOWS CANNOT FIND"..Error

[Dos_Probie]

Windows cannot find 'CCleaner.sfx.exe'.Make sure you typed the name correctly,and then try again.

Probably something simple but this code Works when I run it From the same directory with my sfx files and installs just fine, but with the batch Outside the directory(from desktop)I get the "Windows cannot find" yada..yada error on each file,I would like the ability to run outside the directory (from desktop) as well and not as Shortcut..
Any Ideas or Suggestions? Thanks for the help..

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@echo off&color e
:: Multi.Installer.cmd-Dos_Probie
:: AUTO INSTALLS MULTIPLE .SFX APPS 

:: INSTALL
for /f %%a in ('dir/b %systemdrive%\Installs\sw\*.exe') do (
echo == Installing Apps == "%%a" 
echo.
:: DELAY 
ping -n 4 localhost 1>nul
start /wait  %%a 
)
echo.
echo  All Apps Installed Successfully!
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo == Press any [KEY] to Close This Screen ==&pause>nul
echo.
exit

[foxidrive]

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@echo off&color e
:: Multi.Installer.cmd-Dos_Probie
:: AUTO INSTALLS MULTIPLE .SFX APPS 

:: INSTALL
for /f %%a in ('dir/b "%systemdrive%\Installs\sw\*.exe"') do (
echo == Installing Apps == "%%a" 
echo.
:: DELAY 
ping -n 4 localhost 1>nul
start "" /wait  "%systemdrive%\Installs\sw\%%a"
)
echo.
echo  All Apps Installed Successfully!
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo == Press any [KEY] to Close This Screen ==&pause>nul
echo.
exit

[Dos_Probie]

Thanks for the help Foxi, works both ways now
hey Question why did you add the quotation marks in the for / f string is that just good practice or what

[foxidrive]

hey Question why did you add the quotation marks in the for / f string is that just good practice or what

Yes, it's good practice. It allows one to use long pathnames without errors.