diff --git a/contrib/win32/hg.bat b/contrib/win32/hg.bat
--- a/contrib/win32/hg.bat
+++ b/contrib/win32/hg.bat
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ rem Use a full path to Python (relative 
 rem install does not put python.exe on the PATH...
 rem %~dp0 is the directory of this script
 
-%~dp0..\python "%~dp0hg" %*
+"%~dp0..\python" "%~dp0hg" %*
 endlocal