Execute x86 PDFCreator.exe in the “Program Files (x86)” folder from x64 the command line w arguments?

Question

How can I call an x86 application in the Program Files (x86) folder from the x64 command prompt? The x86 exe functions w/o problems on a x64 Win XP, but how to call it from a command propmt?

>> C:\Program Files (x86)\theExe.exe

or

>> cd C:\Program Files (x86)\
>> theExe.exe

or

>> start "C:\Program Files (x86)\theExe.exe"

Neither of the above worked ...

==== Edit : I changed the title, and will state basically an extended question:

It turns out that the problem goes a little further ... If I have to start PDFCreator.exe like the answer below, and like suggested on their web site, It should go like this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\pdfcreator.exe /IF\"C:\description.ps\" /OF\"C:\description.pdf\"" 

(considering treating quotation marks as literals, i.e. using the escape character '\'). However, it will refuse to start, stating no such command... Any idea?

Answer 1

You just need to enclose the line in quotes:

>> "C:\Program Files (x86)\theExe.exe"

Window cmd uses space to delimit commands and parameters and so enclosing with quotes tells the parser to ignore any spaces between the quote marks, and accept the entire thing as a command.

Answer 2

Close the quotes at end of pdfcreator.exe and replace \" with "

Try running as mentioned below:-

>> "C:\Program Files (x86)\pdfcreator.exe" /IF"C:\description.ps" /OF"C:\description.tif"