Compiled script runs fine locally - not remotely

[sheepdiver]

I'm of course a noob who feels like an idiot for asking but I couldn't find an answer. I'm trying to install Foxit Reader with an msi. I got the installation completed but it doesn't register itself as the default PDF reader. That's normal with the msi. I can make it the default reader with a "foxit reader.exe -install" command. I've tried both the Run (commented below) and RunAs. These work fine on the local workstation, both as an au3 and an exe. I'm trying to push this out to 600 workstations with a Kace box. The install always works. It's just the registration as the default reader that's failing.

Programs pushed by the Kace box run as "system" so I tried the RunAs domainadmin. I tried the RunAs with single and double quotes. Again, both work if I run them locally but not across the network. The local user is an admin on the PC which is an XP SP# workstation. What am I missing here?

TIA,

kirk

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; Register Foxit as default PDF reader

MsgBox(0, "Kbox software install","Registering software.", 5)

; Run("C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe -register")

RunAs("domainadmin", "domain", "pw", 2, '"C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe -register"')

;Let user know it's done

MsgBox(0, "Kbox software install","Installation complete.", 5)

[martin]

I'm of course a noob who feels like an idiot for asking but I couldn't find an answer. I'm trying to install Foxit Reader with an msi. I got the installation completed but it doesn't register itself as the default PDF reader. That's normal with the msi. I can make it the default reader with a "foxit reader.exe -install" command. I've tried both the Run (commented below) and RunAs. These work fine on the local workstation, both as an au3 and an exe. I'm trying to push this out to 600 workstations with a Kace box. The install always works. It's just the registration as the default reader that's failing.

Programs pushed by the Kace box run as "system" so I tried the RunAs domainadmin. I tried the RunAs with single and double quotes. Again, both work if I run them locally but not across the network. The local user is an admin on the PC which is an XP SP# workstation. What am I missing here?

TIA,

kirk

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; Register Foxit as default PDF reader

MsgBox(0, "Kbox software install","Registering software.", 5)

; Run("C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe -register")

RunAs("domainadmin", "domain", "pw", 2, '"C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe -register"')

;Let user know it's done

MsgBox(0, "Kbox software install","Installation complete.", 5)

Maybe you should be using @ProgramFilesDir because not all PCs use "C:\Program Files".

[KaFu]

Try

RunAs("domainadmin", "domain", "pw", 2, '"C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe" -register')

or

RunAs("domainadmin", "domain", "pw", 2, FileGetShortName(@ProgramFilesDir & "\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe") & " -register")

Edited February 2, 2010 by KaFu

[sheepdiver]

Try

RunAs("domainadmin", "domain", "pw", 2, '"C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe" -register')

or

RunAs("domainadmin", "domain", "pw", 2, FileGetShortName(@ProgramFilesDir & "\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe") & " -register")

I tried both of these - still no bueno. I don't think it's the path because the path is absolute and if it was wrong it would be wrong both locally and when pushed out from the Kbox. This part works fine in either case>

;Install the program

Run("msiexec /i c:\utility\foxit31.msi")

That's what made me think it was a permissions issue not a path issue. Back to the salt mines...

[KaFu]

Looking in the helpfile says "Paths with spaces need to be enclosed in quotation marks."

You have a path with spaces AND want to add a command line parameter, I guess the parameter's more the issue.

Searching google I found this syntax: "notepad \"my file.txt\""

Maybe try this:

RunAs("domainadmin", "domain", "pw", 2, FileGetShortName(@ProgramFilesDir & "\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe") & '" -register"')

or this

RunAs("domainadmin", "domain", "pw", 2, FileGetShortName(@ProgramFilesDir & "\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe") & '\" -register\"')

[Bert]

Can this be done with a Reg fix?