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C:\Documents and Settings\js>echo %JAVA_HOME%
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_11

C:\Documents and Settings\js>cd  %JAVA_HOME%\bin

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_11\bin>%JAVA_HOME%\bin java
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

How to solve this white space problem?

Thanks.

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This windows command prompt is not DOS, you are not running this in a DOS environment. – whatsisname Sep 22 '09 at 23:18
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Use quotation marks:

cd "%JAVA_HOME%\bin"
"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java"
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If the "Java" is an application you must do this to run.

"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\"Java

or

"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\"Java.Exe
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As Shog9 said, you have to quote the path:

cd "%JAVA_HOME%\bin"

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Just tried with single quote, it doesn't work. Only works with double quote. – janetsmith Sep 22 '09 at 23:53
Perhaps I've only used single quotes in situations where there was no environment variable in the string. Then again, I haven't used command-prompt for some time. Sorry about that. I'll edit the answer so I don't mislead anyone else. – pavium Sep 23 '09 at 0:16
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