Running an executable from PowerShell does not work with spaces in the path

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Published on 2011-11-23T05:34:32Z Indexed on 2011/11/23 9:55 UTC
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From the PowerShell prompt:

\Windows\system32\mspaint.exe

will run Paint. So will

Invoke-Expression -command "\Windows\system32\mspaint.exe"

but if there is a space in the path PowerShell spits the dummy e.g.

Invoke-Expression -command "\install\sub directory\test.bat"

Which complains:

The term '\install\sub' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.

What am I missing?

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