Windows start command

You need to start an application with spaces in its path - the answer is obvious right, put quotes round it?

start "C:\program files (x86)(stupid)\appname\app.exe"

Oh no. What start thinks you want there is to start no application at all, in a window with the title C:\program files (x86)(stupid)\appname\app.exe. Something I'm sure hundreds of users need to do every day.

start interprets the first quoted argument as a window title, so the way round this is to use

start "" "C:\program files (x86)(stupid)\appname\app.exe"