Basically I am going back to 1982 with a DOS question. I am trying to create a batch command to automatically clear out a bad mail folder, and cannot get this to happen. There is a folder in the path that is less than 8 characters, but has a space in the name. Normally, if I were to go to c:\Program Files I could type c:\progra~1 and that would get me there, but the syntax is 8 characters for this ~1 "shortcut" to work. I am trying to go into say folder c:\progra~1\abc 1\ and it is giving me an error on the abc 1 protion of that command. abc~1 does not work since this has to be 8 characters in length. Is there some syntax that I have forgotten, or does anyone know how to do this? Renaming the folder is not a practical option. Anyone? Thanks in advance...
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