Spaces in the project path cause run-windows to fail

[dkhalife]

After executing react-native run-windows Powershell commands fail if there are spaces in the project path.

I’ve tracked the offending lines to this file:
https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows/blob/9896aaa35b2da8ea1cbf941feb549c60c79569f7/local-cli/runWindows/utils/deploy.js

Lines 20, 83, 86, 89 and 92

Here's the initial error you get in the "untouched" state of the code :

Starting the React-Native Server
Unblock-File : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument
'Native\proj\node_modules\react-native-windows\local-cli\runWindows\utils\WindowsStoreAppUtils.ps1'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Unblock-File E:\React Native\proj\node_modules\react-native-windows\l ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Unblock-File], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UnblockFileCommand

Failed to deploy: Command failed: powershell Unblock-File "E:\React Native\proj\node_modules\react-native-windows\local-cli\runWindows\utils\WindowsStoreAppUtils.ps1"
Unblock-File : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument
'Native\proj\node_modules\react-native-windows\local-cli\runWindows\utils\WindowsStoreAppUtils.ps1'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Unblock-File E:\React Native\proj\node_modules\react-native-windows\l ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Unblock-File], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UnblockFileCommand

When commenting out the faulty powershell commands everything runs fine.

[rozele]

I'm struggling to come up with a good solution for this. I've searched for a few minutes for how to manage paths with spaces in them when invoking powershell from cmd but so far have come up empty handed.

Is it possible to just not do this in a path with spaces ;-). If you have any specific suggestions for this, or have a few minutes to commit to this, would be great to get a PR. I've tried:

• wrapping the path as $("path")
• wrapping the path as ("path")
• wrapping the path as path
• prepending the path with &

None of these things work.

[dkhalife]

Oh yeah, no worries. I've already fixed the path in my project. Just thought I'd report the bug when I stumbled upon it. But yeah I'll give it a try myself as well and if I get something I'll let you know :)

[giacomocerquone]

I still have this problem, how so? What can I do to fix this istantly and then wait for the maintainer to fix it?

[Olabisim]

Hello, i still couldn't solve this issue or bypass it for more than a week. i really need help,

what can i do to solve this error?

[Olabisim]

solution to this issue is to remove any special characters or spaces from your paths structure, my main folder was named DESKTOP APP so i changed it to DESKTOPAPP and rerun the app and it worked fine... you can also read my blog for detailed explanation of the errors i went through

https://medium.com/@olabisiajoseh/setting-up-a-react-native-desktop-app-in-5-minutes-d06718838caa