Well the SHELL command is calling %comspec%

code:
c:\data\scripts>C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe /c "%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\NOTEPAD.EXE" "%TEMP%\TEXT.TXT"
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

This is what the kixtart script is seeing.
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