Opening a file through powershell with the path containing spaces

[Swiftly9767]

I want to open an image file with a specific image viewer using the powershell command line through Autohotkey:

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; Path to an image file
image_path := "D:\slideshow\images\Ancient Paintings\Games in honor of Patroclus during his funeral - Carle Vernet, 1790.jpg"
; Path to image viewer
viewer_path :=  "C:\Program Files\BandiView\BandiView.exe"
; Powershell command
Run, PowerShell "& viewer_path viewer -fullscreen -r -ss:30 image_path",, Hide

I can't seem to find the correct inclusion of the path variables.

If I run this command in powershell, it works:

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& "C:\Program Files\BandiView\BandiView.exe" viewer -fullscreen -r -ss:30 "D:\slideshow\images\Ancient Paintings\Games in honor of Patroclus during his funeral - Carle Vernet, 1790.jpg"

[Swiftly9767]

I got it to work, you need to escape the quotes mutliple times:

; Path to an image file
imagePath := "F:\bilder\SELECTION\categories\Architecture\309.jpg"
; Path to image viewer
viewerPath := "C:\Program Files\BandiView\BandiView.exe"
; Construct the PowerShell command with proper escaping
Run, PowerShell "& """%viewerPath%""" viewer -fullscreen -r -ss:30 """%imagePath%""" ", , Hide