Can't get "Run an external program on torrent completion" to do anything

[samyrius]

Running Win7 x64.

Whenever a torrent completes, I want qBittorrent to run an external executable, so I have "Run an external program on torrent completion" checked. Here's some things I've tried to get it to run:

C:\Program Files\Random Program\Program.exe -flag
notepad.exe
C:\test.bat

After a torrent is completed, it simply doesn't run the program. Any ideas?

[samyrius]

Still not having any luck. Any thoughts? Is my syntax wrong?

[sledgehammer_999]

[quote="samyrius"]
C:\Program Files\Random Program\Program.exe -flag[/quote]
How about wrapping the path in quotes("") ?
[quote="samyrius"]
notepad.exe[/quote]
Maybe, the function doesn't search the PATH env var for the executable.
[quote="samyrius"]
C:\test.bat[/quote]
A .bat file isn't an executable so it cannot be run.

[samyrius]

Thanks sledge, I got it working. The correct syntax for any path with spaces in it is

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"C:\Program Files\Random Program\Program.exe" -flag