Script not working on other computers

[Iznogoud]

Hello,

I have created a script on my own computer for uninstalling and installing a specific customer application. For some reason it works great on my own computer, but i doesn't run at all at the customer his or her computer.

I have a Windows 7 Professional - 64-bit machine and the first machine i have tested it at the customers location was a 32-bit machine, so ok, maybe that is the problem, but at an other computer with 64-bit it also doesn't work.

So i installed AutoIT with editior on both machines, but a simple RUN command doesn't work.

#RequireAdmin
Run("C:\TEMP\Setup2010\setup.exe")

With or without the RequireAdmin doesn't make a difference.

Could someone help me to understand why my script works great on my own computer, but when you move it to another computer it doesn't work? If you compile it or not.

Kind regards,

Remco

[Radiance]

If the script really runs with admin privileges, it's either the path is incorrect (check what FileExists() returns) or the program runs but immediately quits because of something else (check if Run() returns a Process ID).

[JohnOne]

If the path is correct and that is the whole code, then it's probably firewall/antivirus/security software blocking it.

[rudi]

Hello.

 

What error message do you receive, or what happens, when you try to start your application?

 

A shot in the dark: Did you do the compilation of your AU3 script as 32bit or 64bit application? As your PC is x64 and the destination PC is 32bit you will have to compile it as a 32bit application

regards, Rudi.

 

[JohnOne]

5 hours ago, Iznogoud said:

i have tested it at the customers location was a 32-bit machine, so ok, maybe that is the problem, but at an other computer with 64-bit it also doesn't work.

 

[rudi]

Then use processmonitor.exe to check, what's failing.

[Iznogoud]

The problem was a Windows environment connect to a UNIX environment and appearantly it was some kind rights issue.

Nothing to do with the script. I copied the files to a local folder and it would work also.

But ControlClick and some other features where not working properly and i had to use the #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n switch on a 32-bit machine.

Do i really need to compile the script as a 32-bit AND a 64-bit version or can i just keep using a 32-bit compiled version for both systems?

[JohnOne]

3 minutes ago, Iznogoud said:

can i just keep using a 32-bit compiled version for both systems?

Yes, you can.

[rudi]

For almost 100% of all use, also on x64 machines you are fine using scripts, that are 32bit compiled.

 

Avoid using x64 compiled scripts, except you should really need to compile it as x64 executable.

 

If you need to have two versions of a script, 32bit and 64bit, then use a third script, distingish the @OSARCH, and depending on the result fileinstall() the appropriate compiled script (MyScript32.exe, MyScript64.exe), then run(), what's needed.