I'm having trouble with a using os.system on a windowsXP machine.  

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Os.system on winXP system having trouble with spaces in directory names

I'm having trouble with a using os.system on a windowsXP machine. 

Running:
os.system('start C:\\\\Documents and Settings\\\\Smith\_B2\\\\Desktop\\\\page.html')

Yields and error saying 'Windows cannot find C:\\Documents.....'

This same problem means I can't access things in the 'Program Files' directory and so forth.  Any ideas of work-arounds (other than moving to non-space included directories)?

Thanks,
Barrett