Fresh Windows 10 Pro - Run doesn't work properly

[zYx]

Hi,

 

I tried to find something regarding my issue, but I couldn't.

 

My scripts that were usually running fine on my previous Windows 7, are not running properly on my newly installed Windows 10 Pro.

 

Sleep(14000)
Run("C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe")
Sleep(5000)
Run("C:\Program Files\Core Temp\Core Temp.exe", "" ,@SW_MINIMIZE)
Sleep(5000)
WinSetState("Core Temp 1.1", "", @SW_MINIMIZE)
Sleep(1500)
Run("C:\Users\zyxsc\Documents\LCDHost\bin\LCDHost.exe","", @SW_MINIMIZE)
Sleep(15000)
WinClose("zyx - LCDHost")
Sleep(10000)
Run("C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe -startup")

So what happens is:

MSIAfterburner does not open, Core Temp doesn't open, LCDHost.exe does open fine and closes the window fine, Everything.exe does not open.

 

Any idea why?

Edited July 7, 2016 by zYx

[SadBunny]

The obvious first question is do those files exist in those locations and do they work if you run those commands manually?

Second question: check the process manager, are the processes really not started?

Third, check the result and errorlevel of the Run commands (as in $pid = Run("something") and then ConsoleWrite($pid & @CRLF & @error & @CRLF ) ) and see whether you get a pid and/or a non-zero @error.

[zYx]

Hi,

 

yes, all files do exist, task manager doesn't show those apps, so no, they are really not running.

 

I'm not sure how to follow your third advise  do I just add  $pid =   in front of Run?

I did this:

Sleep(1000)
$pid = Run("C:\Program Files\Core Temp\Core Temp.exe", "" ,@SW_MINIMIZE)
ConsoleWrite($pid & @CRLF & @error & @CRLF )

but nothing really happens..

Could it be something to do with permission level to Program Files folders?

Edited July 7, 2016 by zYx

[SadBunny]

$pid = Run("notepad.exe")
MsgBox(64, "notepad.exe pid:", $pid)

$pid = Run("doesntexist.exe")
MsgBox(64, "doesntexist.exe pid:", $pid)

The first one will (or rather should, if notepad.exe is run properly) show you a non-zero PID in the MsgBox, the second one will show a PID of 0 as the process failed to launch.

The permissions, sure, could be... For good measure, try putting #RequireAdmin on top of your script, run it and allow the process elevation.

[iamtheky]

put these two lines at the top

#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
_WinAPI_Wow64EnableWow64FsRedirection(FALSE)

 

[zYx]

  On 7/7/2016 at 7:45 PM, iamtheky said:

#include <WinAPIFiles.au3> _WinAPI_Wow64EnableWow64FsRedirection(FALSE)

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This didn't really work

but this did:

  On 7/7/2016 at 7:43 PM, SadBunny said:

#RequireAdmin

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In relation to this:

  On 7/7/2016 at 7:43 PM, SadBunny said:

$pid = Run("notepad.exe") MsgBox(64, "notepad.exe pid:", $pid) $pid = Run("doesntexist.exe") MsgBox(64, "doesntexist.exe pid:", $pid)

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I added MSI Afterburner locaton, but kept getting popup error with wrong PID etc..

Edited July 7, 2016 by zYx

[SadBunny]

  On 7/7/2016 at 7:54 PM, zYx said:

kept getting popup error with wrong PID etc..

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What do you mean? What kind of popup error and how is the PID wrong?

[iamtheky]

UAC or redirection, it's generally that coinflip on upgrade/architecture issues.  glad its not the issue, but If dancing between (x86) and x64 directory structure i would still recommend it.

Edited July 7, 2016 by iamtheky
posting/editing race condition

[zYx]

  On 7/7/2016 at 7:56 PM, SadBunny said:

What do you mean? What kind of popup error and how is the PID wrong?

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$pid = Run("C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe"")
MsgBox(64, "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" pid:", $pid)

$pid = Run("notepad.exe")
MsgBox(64, "notepad.exe pid:", $pid)

$pid = Run("doesntexist.exe")
MsgBox(64, "doesntexist.exe pid:", $pid)

 

Edited July 7, 2016 by zYx

[JLogan3o13]

You have double, double quotes on the end of your run command. The error message is telling you just what is wrong.

[iamtheky]

edited above as you posted:

looks like your run command has a double set of "" at the end, but only one at the beginning.

[SadBunny]

Change the end of that first line from 

MSIAfterburner.exe"")

to 

MSIAfterburner.exe")

 

[SadBunny]

Haha... "if you don't know it by now, you will never never never know it, oooh ohohohoooh"  

[zYx]

Sorry guys, but that was a typo and it wasn't a problem.

 

#RightsAdmin, sorry -> #RequiresAdmin did help though.

Edited July 9, 2016 by zYx

[JLogan3o13]

@zYx I am assuming, in case someone should come upon this thread in a future search, you mean #RequireAdmin

[MattHiggs]

Try using "shellexecute" instead of "run".  Run is meant more for executables that you would open in the "run" prompt when you press "win key + R".  Kind of like Ipconfig,exe or something similar.  If you must run the application using the "run" command, precede it with the @Comspec macro to call the command prompt to open the file.  An example would be as follows:

Run ( @comspec & " /c yourexecutablefile.exe", "Path_to_directory_containing_executable" )

[Jos]

@MattHiggs, You did see the OP stated it is working after adding  #RequireAdmin ?

 

[zYx]

  On 7/8/2016 at 7:10 PM, JLogan3o13 said:

 

@zYx I am assuming, in case someone should come upon this thread in a future search, you mean #RequireAdmin

 

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Sorry, yes :/ I corrected it now.

  On 7/8/2016 at 8:53 PM, MattHiggs said:

Try using "shellexecute" instead of "run".  Run is meant more for executables that you would open in the "run" prompt when you press "win key + R".  Kind of like Ipconfig,exe or something similar.  If you must run the application using the "run" command, precede it with the @Comspec macro to call the command prompt to open the file.  An example would be as follows:

Run ( @comspec & " /c yourexecutablefile.exe", "Path_to_directory_containing_executable" )

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Thanks, I will use this at some point in future, I'm sure :]

 

Edited July 9, 2016 by zYx