How can I open an explorer window from a batch script that contains both an environment variable and a space?

Question

This works:

start %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

These do not:

How can I open a Windows Explorer window using a path that has an environment variable and a space?

Possible duplicate of [How to create batch file in Windows using "start" with a path and command with spaces](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/72671/how-to-create-batch-file-in-windows-using-start-with-a-path-and-command-with-s) — Sam Denty, Mar 19 '17 at 20:41

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '17 at 16:13

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Your problem with start is that the first quoted argument is handled as a window title. Try with

start "" "%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data\"

Or use

explorer /e, "%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data"

answered Mar 19 '17 at 16:13

MC ND

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 19 '17 at 16:12

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start "Windowtitlewhichcanbebemptyifdesiredbutnotomitted" "%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data\"

answered Mar 19 '17 at 16:12

Magoo

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