Apache won't start with spaces in pathname in httpd.conf (even with quotes)

Problem

Apache won't start if there are spaces in the pathname in a virtual host configuration.

The usual solution is to just wrap the pathname in double quotes, but that doesn't fix it.

I WANT to have spaces in my pathname, so changing to dashes or what not isn't really an option.

The VERY same configuration as below without spaces works.

Sample

<VirtualHost *:80>   DocumentRoot "C:/Users/Patrick/Google Drive/Projects/My Project"   ServerName local.example.com   ServerAlias local.example.com   <Directory "C:/Users/Patrick/Google Drive/Projects/My Project">   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes   AllowOverride All   Order allow,deny   Allow from all   <IfModule mod_php5.c>   php_admin_flag engine on   # choose the one you want:   # This is for E_ALL & ~E_STRICT & ~E_DEPRECATED   # php_admin_value error_reporting 22527   # This is for E_ERROR   php_admin_value error_reporting 1   </IfModule>   </Directory>  </VirtualHost>  

Answer

did you try DocumentRoot "C:/Users/Patrick/Google\ Drive/Projects/My\ Project" ?

Answer2

I have the same issue here on windows 7 with wampserver 2.4. The same configuration works on unix system but not on windows.

Did you find a solution around this issue?