Is it possible to get Total Commander's variables like %P, %N, etc. without surrounding quotes for space containing path

[Akon]

Consider following - creating Total Commander's user command like this:

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Command: %comspec%
Parameters: ? /c runas /user:<USERNAME> "notepad %N"

As "runas"'s documenation says, paths with spaces must look like this (notice escaped qoutes there - \"):

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> runas /user:<USERNAME> "notepad \"my file.txt\""

However, with %N = "my file.txt" the command appears as follow:

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> runas /user:<USERNAME> "notepad "my file.txt""

That breaks "runas"'s expecting syntax.

One possible solution is getting %N without surrounding quotes. Is it possible somehow?

In particular, are there any alternative ways exist to execute "runas" command with specified arbitrary user like above?

P.S. I know that asterisk '*' in front of the command name forces to start a command with admin rights. Two asterisks '**' - to start as a different user seems not working for me (in TotalCommander 8.51a).

[MVV]

Unfortunately there are some Windows tools that expect command line with quotes in a single argument instead of just taking the rest of command line.

You can try %P%O.%E - this will produce combined full path to a file w/o any quotes.

[Akon]

Indeed, %P%O.%E looks suitable.

I had experimented with these macros not enough. Thank you!