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tim_faron
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12 years ago

Trouble getting dos command to execute as expected

I am trying to get the following command to run. var Command = 'cmd /c wmic datafile where name="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\abc\\123\\abc efg\\aaa\\vv d e\\something.dll" get Version'; va...
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tim_faron
Contributor
12 years ago
Did you actually get this to work? I tried with Notepad and i get the following error listed below.



var Command = 'cmd /c wmic datafile where name="C:\\Windows\\System32\\Notepad.exe" get Version';








Node - WIN-73R0N5SIS5K


 


ERROR:


 


Description = Invalid query


 


14:08:59 Normal Error



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When i paste it into the cmd window however it works, so i assume i need some more quoting possibly