PATH with spaces in folder name

Hi

I am having issues setting a local environment variable with spaces in it.

But when I do shutdown.bat which requires JAVA_HOME, it shows :

Code:

C:\>shutdown.bat
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\bin ";" was unexpected at this time.

It obviously broke after C:\Program.
I tried giving 2 double quote, SET JAVA_HOME=" "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\bin" "; but neither did that work.

Is there a way to set a value with spaces ?

Thanks

 

Semi-colon is not the cause of the problem.
I tried with SET JAVA_HOME= "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\bin " and still get
F:\Tomcat\bin>shutdown.bat
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\bin" " was unexpected at this time.

 

try no quotes -
SET JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\bin

http://www.ss64.com/nt/set.html

 

EDIT : You're right - the no quotes version works !

 

For anyone facing a similar problem...

For paths/filenames with spaces quotes are normally required however, the SET command is special and everything after the = is included.

Code:

 "C:\Program Files "

is not the same as

Code:

C:\Program Files

The problem in this thread was a combination of the ; as pointed out by TonyT and the quotes as pointed out by ephemarial.

Quodos to both but it's unlikely either would have worked without the other.