How do I have spaces in a MSBuild WebProjectOutputDir?

Question

I am trying to call MSBuild from a command line. Everything was working fine when I was using a path that had no spaces, but now I have a path that has spaces and the command is failing.

Command (works):

"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe"  /t:Rebuild "C:\Projects\myProject.csproj"  /p:OutDir=c:\temp\deploy\funAndGames\Deployment\bin\  /p:WebProjectOutputDir=c:\temp\deploy\funAndGames\Deployment\  /p:Configuration=Release 

I then added quotes and changed OutDir to OutPath (doesn't work):

"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe"  /t:Rebuild "C:\Projects\myProject.csproj"  /p:OutPath="c:\temp\deploy\funAndGames\Deployment\bin\"  /p:WebProjectOutputDir="c:\temp\deploy\funAndGames\Deployment\"  /p:Configuration=Release 

What I am aiming for is something like this (doesn't work):

"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe"  /t:Rebuild "C:\Projects\myProject.csproj"  /p:OutPath="c:\temp\deploy\fun and games\Deployment\bin\"  /p:WebProjectOutputDir="c:\temp\deploy\fun and games\Deployment\"  /p:Configuration=Release 

Any help on the syntax around OutDir/OutPath and WebProjectOutputDir with spaces? Is it possible? If it isn't does anyone know what the reason is (due to some Url's not having spaces type thing?)

Answer 1

Just found this out an answer to this old question. To handle spaces, you should use the escape character \ on all folders. Basically

/p:OutPath="c:\temp\deploy\fun and games\Deployment\bin\" 

should be

/p:OutPath="c:\\temp\\deploy\\fun and games\\Deployment\\bin\\" 

and magically it works!

Answer 2

Try add " ex:

/p:OutPath=""c:\temp\deploy\fun and games\Deployment\bin\""