Batch Files Win8 Program Files (x86)

[Tim K]

Trying to write a batch file to copy the necessary run time dlls to a data directory. Whether I use %ProgramFiles(x86)% or explicitly with the spaces it can't find the files in the directory. This is the text copied straight from Windows Explorer: "C:\Program Files (x86)\ALASKA\XPPW32\runtime" (quotes are added.)

[Auge_Ohr]

Whether I use %ProgramFiles(x86)%

did you try it in a CMD Box ?
DIR %ProgramFiles(x86)% -> nothing
so try
DIR "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"\ALASKA\XPPW32\runtime

[Tim K]

I figured out a workaround by having the batch file change to the source directory first. Thanks for getting my mind going in a different direction.