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Alternatively, use the valid shortname for %ProgramFiles% - e.g. C:\Progra~1\
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Alternatively, use the valid shortname for %ProgramFiles% - e.g. C:\Progra~1\

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mkdonohue, it's a good idea. Maybe there is one other suggestion to do it without changing the current path.<br />
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smilingpolitely, with your solution it is not sure that this is the real path name. Maybe it's C:\Progra~2\ or C:\Whewhe~1\ in another language like suaheli.
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mkdonohue, it's a good idea. Maybe there is one other suggestion to do it without changing the current path.

smilingpolitely, with your solution it is not sure that this is the real path name. Maybe it's C:\Progra~2\ or C:\Whewhe~1\ in another language like suaheli.

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I would like to test if an directory is empty, using a simple batch script.<br />
I wrote the following line: <br />
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if not exist &quot;%ProgramFiles%\Epos9300\n<wbr />ul&quot; echo Path does not exist <br />
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My Problem is:<br />
I want to run this batch file in Windows XP operating systems with different languages.<br />
For example in the English windows version the system variable %ProgramFiles% includes a white space. &nbsp;(...\Program Files\...)<br />
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Therefore I must put the whole path into double quotas.<br />
But with double quotas the 'exist' command does not recognize an empty directory anymore.
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I would like to test if an directory is empty, using a simple batch script.
I wrote the following line: 


if not exist "%ProgramFiles%\Epos9300\nul" echo Path does not exist 

My Problem is:
I want to run this batch file in Windows XP operating systems with different languages.
For example in the English windows version the system variable %ProgramFiles% includes a white space.  (...\Program Files\...)


Therefore I must put the whole path into double quotas.
But with double quotas the 'exist' command does not recognize an empty directory anymore.

'IF EXIST' in a .bat script to test for an empty directory

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.