passing a directory into a powershell script

Question

I am passing a directory into a powershell script. I have done this before, but apparently I haven't done it with a directory that has spaces in it: For example...

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDks\Windows\v7.0A\bin\

Well, simple enough right, just surround it with paren's right? Wrong... When it is in my actual script it is throwing the following anoying exception:

The term 'x86' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file
, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was include
d, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:275

This is being passed into my script as a parameter btw, hence why it is throwing the error at line 1.

Any advice on passing directories as paramters into powershell scripts?

Answer 1

Try putting into into quotes, single or double will work.

You can also throw it into a variable first.