How to escape blanks in path name - Windows Scripting

Question

I'm trying to run script below. The first program start up just fine but the second one with the blank spaces in the path name doesn't. How can this be resolved? Thanks.

    Set Shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    Shell.Run "cmd /n,C:\Windows\System32\", 4, False
    Shell.Run "sublime_text /n,C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\", 4, False

Possible duplicate of VBScript: How to call Run() with parameters — Thomas Dickey
– Thomas Dickey, Commented Jan 3, 2016 at 18:45

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:00:28Z

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Solved it by following link below. I rewrote the last statement with 3 double quotes.

How to call Run() with parameters

Set Shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Shell.Run "cmd /n,C:\Windows\System32\", 4, False
Shell.Run """C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe""", 4, False

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:00

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answered Jan 3, 2016 at 19:14

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