Windows Server 2003 call to secedit within a batch script generates "C:\Program" on system reboot

Question

In executing
secedit /configure /db %~1\tomcat.sdb" /cfg %~1\2003.inf" /log %~1\dtomcat.log" /quiet
where
%~1 == C:\Program Files\myDirectory\mySubDirectory\mySuperSubDirectory

a file titled "C:\Program" is generated and within the file is the output for calling
secedit /?

I am curious as to why this is occuring because it makes it quite difficult to start certain services after an installation of a new product, for instance a PostGres windows service.

Answer 1

You need to enclose the pathname in quotes:

"C:\Program Files\myDirectory\mySubDirectory\mySuperSubDirectory"

The space in "Program Files" is treated as a delimiter.

Answer 2

You appear to be missing quotes in a couple of places:

secedit /configure /db "%~1\tomcat.sdb" /cfg "%~1\2003.inf" /log "%~1\dtomcat.log" /quiet
                       ^                     ^                   ^