Hey Jon,
It's not a matter of forcing; it's a matter of addressing.
The guy on Stackoverflow was just indicating some path goes here.
Note that any path with spaces in it must be quoted or escaped.
'/Users/me/test_directory/Some Folder with Spaces/'
OR
/Users/me/test_directory/'Some Folder with Spaces'/
NEVER:
'~/test_directory/Some Folder with Spaces/'
Putting a quote in front of the tilde prevents it from expanding properly
This works:
~/'test_directory/Some Folder with Spaces/'
-Chris