How do I execute a program from Python? os.system fails due to spaces in path

Question

I have a Python script that needs to execute an external program, but for some reason fails.

If I have the following script:

import os;
os.system(\"C         


        

Answer 1

For Python 3.7, use subprocess.call. Use raw string to simplify the Windows paths:

import subprocess
subprocess.call([r'C:\Temp\Example\Notepad.exe', 'C:\test.txt'])