I want to open in VSCODE any file I copied. Code doesn't work: Run("C:\Users\jethr\...\Code.exe" "%A_Clipboard%") Topic is solved

[alawsareps]

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0

f1:: { 
    
    ; click any ahk file on desktop
    ; Send("^c") ; copy the file path
    Run("C:\Users\jethr\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" "%A_Clipboard%")

return
}

[boiler]

You’re not using expression syntax correctly. First, you don’t put % around variables. And you don’t put variables inside quotes. And unlike legacy syntax in v1, you have not put quotes in the strings themselves and separated them with a space; you have concatenated two strings (that don’t contain any quotes) without a space between them. Should be:

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Run '"C:\Users\jethr\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" "' A_Clipboard '"'

To see the difference between the two, run the following script:

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
A_Clipboard := 'hello'
str1 := "C:\Users\jethr\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" "%A_Clipboard%"
str2 := '"C:\Users\jethr\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" "' A_Clipboard '"'

MyGui := Gui()
MyGui.SetFont('s12','Consolas')
MyGui.Add('Text',, str1 '`n' str2)
MyGui.Show

[alawsareps]

@boiler

What I'm trying to achieve is to be able to open any AHK file in VScode.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0

f1:: { 
    Send("^c") ; copy path of chosen file
    sleep(100)
    Run("C:\Users\jethr\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe " A_Clipboard)
return
}

...but this only works fine with files with not spaces.

If I try to open a file name "hello world.ahk", VScode will open two files, "hello" and "world.ahk".

[boiler]

Well, when you make no attempt to implement what I showed you regarding quotes around it, are you surprised that it didn’t help?

Did you see where I said “Should be:”? Is there a reason you ignored it? I showed you the exact line to use and you did something else.

[boiler]

@alawsareps — To make it crystal clear, replace your Run line with this one:

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Run '"C:\Users\jethr\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" "' A_Clipboard '"'