XP Pro command line question...

[ryan01]

When I am at the command line prompt (in Recovery Console), I see this:

C:\WINDOWS>

Okay, so, when I typed:

C:\WINDOWS>dir C:\

it listed all of the folders inside my C: drive... Some of my folders have names like "My Music" <-- with a space between "My" and "Music"...and others just have names like "Windows" and "Pictures", etc. with no spaces in the folder names...

Here's the thing... Everytime I type to see inside a folder without a space in the name, like this:

C:\WINDOWS>dir C:\Pictures

I get to see everything inside the folder, but when I type a folder with a space in it, like:

C:\WINDOWS>dir C:\My Music

it does not recognize the name! but it showed that it was there on the C: drive!

How do I represent a space for a folder name, without actually using a space?? It never seems to recognize the folders with spaces in their names... :suspiciou

 

[Rick]

Try adding quotes around it:

dir "My Documents"

Or using the DOS naming convention:

dir MyDocu~1

 

[ryan01]

so, would this work:

C:\WINDOWS>dir "C:\My Documents"

???

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Spend some time on this website, to find out about MS-DOS commands
http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm

 

[ryan01]

I tried it with quotations, and I was able to view the directory that way...thanks!

All my files are there, now I just need to get the dang thing to boot...