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Why are spaces not permitted in paths to the installation directory?

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The source code (installer-framework/src/sdk/installerbasecommons.cpp) disallows spaces in pathnames to the installation target directory: QString ambiguousChars = QLatin1String(”[~<>|?*!@#$%^&:,; ]”); Why is this so? On Windows installers this doesn’t allow placing the installed code in the “ApplicationsDir” directory (e.g. “C:\Program Files” or “C:\Program Files (x86)”. Why is spaces in pathnames prohibited? Is there a workaround to this limitation that allows getting past it?

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