copy C:\Users\MinCarve\documents\visual studio 2017\Projects\PROGRAM\Debug\PROGRAM.exe
C:\Users
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The system cannot find the file specified. when the executable exists in that directory!
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3Probably need quotes around the file name. – Colonel Thirty Two Aug 18 '17 at 12:22
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how do i add quotes to the directory, if it is a variable in c++? – MinCarve Aug 18 '17 at 12:33
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Related: [Set a path variable with spaces in the path in a Windows .cmd file or batch file](https://stackoverflow.com/q/1851012) – aschipfl Aug 18 '17 at 12:35
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after an hour of digging, i finally did it! `string _Loc(Loc); string __Loc = "\"" + _Loc + "\""; system(("copy " + __Loc + " \"C:\\Windows\System32\"").c_str());` – MinCarve Aug 18 '17 at 13:10
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The path of your file has a space in its name, which means you have to surround the path which contains spaces with quotation marks.
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