how to stop a space from aborting a batch process

[Sebastian42]

Start "" del /q c:\program files\glarysoft\malware hunter\mhtray.exe
does NOT delete that entry.
I suspect it is because of the space between 'program' and 'files'.
If that is true - what is the work around ?

[miskox]

Use Quotes with filename/directory:

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Start "" del /q "c:\program files\glarysoft\malware hunter\mhtray.exe"

Saso

[Sebastian42]

For reasons too embarrassing to admit, I can not test THAT line of code, but I do believe (I remember) that that is the solution.

[Compo]

Based upon your provided example, I do not see any need for the start command in this case:

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Del /F /A "%ProgramFiles%\glarysoft\malware hunter\mhtray.exe"

The del command is internal, so effectively you're opening a new cmd.exe window with the /K option, which would then require closing afterwards, (see the command help, start /?, for more information).

It may also be worth mentioning that in order to delete something from that particular location, you'll probably need to run the command elevated, or as a user with the required privileges.

[Sebastian42]

I realised that I only need to do that once - do not need to do it in a macro. The problem of the space was solved well by the double apostrophes. I withdraw the question.