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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about quotation marks focus on their use in command-line syntax, particularly with the runas command and paths containing spaces. Users encounter issues when paths like "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" require quotation marks, but the runas command also expects quotes around the entire command. The tag covers troubleshooting techniques for escaping or nesting quotation marks in Windows commands, including workarounds for launching applications with alternate credentials. Common themes include handling spaces in file paths, proper quoting for runas, and command-line parsing behavior in Windows.
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    Windows 10 Howto runas with special quotation marks?

    Hello. I'd like to run a application with other user name (on console) I used runas /user:test cmd and execute in the new console: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -P But this is a bit .. how I can say it... to much work ^^ I would like create a link on desktop, who...
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