Weird HomeDrive/InetGet Issue

[Aerbax]

Hey everyone.

First off, brand new to AutoIT and the forums as well. I've been teaching myself as I go over the past few days. I absolutely love this platform so far, really enjoying it.

I'm pretty much done with my script and have compiled it into an .exe for local distribution, but I seem to have a problem I just can't figure out. When I run the script on my own computer, either via SCite Editor or the compiled .exe, the script works with no issues whatsoever. However, when I push the .exe to another computer (I've tried win 7, win 8.1 and win 10), my InetGet function for downloading a file to the C:\ drive does not work. I've determined that it's definitely a permission issue, but I don't know why. (I know this because I have another InetGet function that downloads to the TempDir, and it works fine.) 

I've also made sure that my script has the #RequireAdmin directive, and that my .exe is compiled with the administrator manifest. When I run the .exe on these other computers, I can also confirm UAC is automatically invoked and requires the .exe to be allowed. I can also confirm that the user accounts on the other computers are full local administrator accounts.

AutoIT is not installed on any of these other computers, but I imagine that is not required for a compiled .exe.

 

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

[Exit]

Welcome to the forum.

Please show us your script.  Or at least a small reproducer.

 No script, no error.

Edited April 29, 2016 by Exit

[Aerbax]

Exit, thank you! And sure, here we go.

 

#RequireAdmin
#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Language=1033
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_requestedExecutionLevel=requireAdministrator
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#include <SFTPex.au3>
#include <_NTServices.au3>

FileInstall("C:\Users\Username\Desktop\splash.gif", @TempDir&"\", 1)

SplashImageOn("Installer", @TempDir&"\splash.gif", 615, 434, -1, -1, 19)

SecurityWarning()
SecurityCheck()
Global $un = InputBox( "Your Username", "Please enter your username." , "", "", 300, 150 )
SecurityCheck()

If Not FileExists(@HomeDrive & "\file.exe") Then
InetGet( "https://website.com/file.exe", @HomeDrive & "\file.exe", 2, 0 )
EndIf

_NetUser('boop-'&$un, $un)

 

Here is a snippet of the beginning of my script. The InetGet function for downloading "file.exe" is the issue in question. Thanks again!

[Aerbax]

A small  update, I've also attempted moving the compiled .exe to the C drive and launching it from there as well. The entire script works fine except for that one InetGet function. I've also manually run the compiled exe as administrator through an elevated command prompt. I am more than confident at this point that the compiled .exe definitely has the permissions it needs to in order to save to the C drive, but it simply doesn't. Ugh.

[Aerbax]

Alright, I'm completely lost at this point. I thought at first it was a permission issue, but that doesn't seem to be the problem. I changed the download destination in the InetGet function to the temp dir and it's still not working. So it's almost as if it's skipping over this function all together, for no apparent reason. I have another inetget function later on in the script that downloads a file to the TempDir without any problem, but the one in my code above doesn't work. The only difference between the two is that one is HTTPS while the other is HTTP, and the options are different because I obviously don't want to ignore SSL errors on a non https URL. 

I've put the file download URL from the function in my web browser, and it downloads fine that way, confirming the webserver, my internet, and the file itself are completely fine. What the hell else could it possibly be?

[Synapsee]

@HomeDrive & "\file.exe"

the file exist ? if you replace .exe with .txt u can read something ?

maybe try :

$read = InetRead ( "URL" [, options = 0] )

msgbox(0, "", $read)

$read = BinaryToString($read)

msgbox(0, "", $read)

for debugging you.

[Aerbax]

I've tried the code you've provided. It generates completely empty message boxes.

[iamtheky]

It is not ideal really ever, to have your application write to the root of C:

you probably have to takeown, then icacls it to allow administrators the ability to write to the root of C:\ first, then try and save there.  Then undo all that on your way out.

[BrewManNH]

If you using Vista+ Windows won't allow just anything to write to the root of the C: drive, move your destination to another folder below the root and see if that helps.