Python WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect:

As it solved the problem, I put it as an answer.

Don't use single and double quotes, especially when you define a raw string with r in front of it.

The correct call is then

path = r"C:\Apps\CorVu\DATA\Reports\AlliD\Monthly Commission Reports\Output\pdcom1"

or

path = r'C:\Apps\CorVu\DATA\Reports\AlliD\Monthly Commission Reports\Output\pdcom1'

I had a related issue working within Spyder, but the problem seems to be the relationship between the escape character ( "\") and the "\" in the path name Here's my illustration and solution (note single \ vs double \\ ):

path =   'C:\Users\myUserName\project\subfolder'
path   # 'C:\\Users\\myUserName\\project\subfolder'
os.listdir(path)              # gives windows error
path =   'C:\\Users\\myUserName\\project\\subfolder'
os.listdir(path)              # gives expected behavior

I had a similar issue while working with Jupyter. I was trying to copy files from one directory to another using copy function of shutil. The problem was that I had forgotten to import the package.(Silly) But instead of python giving import error, it gave this error.

Solved by adding:

from shutil import copy