[issue17023] Subprocess does not find executable on Windows if it is PATH with quotes

[Tim Golden]

Tim Golden added the comment:

Under the covers, subprocess is calling CreateProcess so there's really not very much we can do here, short of writing our own PATH-handling.

As a matter of fact, passing shell=True will produce the desired effect. Since the only thing this does is to run the process under cmd.exe I assume that cmd.exe itself adds some kind of PATH handling of its own.

I recommend closing as "won't fix".

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assignee:  -> tim.golden
components: +Windows
nosy: +steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware

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