Subject: bug#18745: 24.3; MS Windows, `call-process-shell-command' fails on `shell-quote-argument'ed bat file with quoted args

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:47:20 -0400

>> (call-process-shell-command "\"c:/path-without-space/foo-bar.bat\""
>> nil t t "\"x y\"")
[...]
> This is a Windows misfeature, not an Emacs bug: the CreateProcess
> primitive fails like that when passed a command that is a batch file.
> To work around, try using cmd.exe as the command, and the batch file
> with arguments as its arguments, with "/c" prepended.

But call-process-shell-command (contrary to call-process) should already
be using cmd.exe, no?

        Stefan