run named .exe in subdirectory in windows cmd [closed]

Question

I feel stupid for asking this, but here goes. In linux/mac, you can run an executable file in the shell, simply by writing its name. Can you do something similar in windows command line?

Example: I am in directory dir. I want to run a file a.exe in dir/subdir without changing directory to subdir, or writing subdir/a.exe. Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can using one of the following:

• "subdir/a.exe"
• subdir\a.exe

Answer 2

You mean you don't want the double-quotes of "subdir/a.exe"? Anyway, if you change to a backslash, it does work; i.e.

subdir\a.exe