That makes no sense. I use the run command to run long file names all the time. I just verified it too. I created a file named "my test file.bat" and ran it like this:

! /n1 "my test file.bat"

successfully. I really like your routine below though-thanks for sharing it! :0)

Tracy

>Hi Mike.
>
>>I'm trying to run C:\Program Files\Inno Setup 2\iscc from within vfp using
>>! or Run but keep getting a bad command.
>
>As Nadya pointed out, you may need to convert to a short name to run it. Here's an example:

lcPath = ShortPath("C:\Program Files\Inno Setup 2\iscc.exe")
>run &lcPath
>
>* Get the short (8.3) path for the specified path.
>
>function ShortPath(tcPath)
>local lcPath, ;
>  lnLength, ;
>  lcBuffer, ;
>  lnResult
>declare integer GetShortPathName in Win32API ;
>  string @lpszLongPath, string @lpszShortPath, integer cchBuffer
>lcPath   = tcPath
>lnLength = 260
>lcBuffer = space(lnLength)
>lnResult = GetShortPathName(@lcPath, @lcBuffer, lnLength)
>return iif(lnResult = 0, '', left(lcBuffer, lnResult))

Doug