Shellexecute ruins acrobat reader

[tris20]

hi guys,

 

when i use shellexecute in my script to open an file. it doenst start acrobat reader and not only that. it ruins acrobat and i cant start it anymore and must reinstall it. 

anyone an idea how this is possible. and question.

what can i use to open an document or file from an script that opens with defauld windows program? i used shellexecute.

[JLogan3o13]

@tris20 how about posting your code so we can see what you're doing, rather than having us guess?

[tris20]

On 7/23/2019 at 7:04 PM, JLogan3o13 said:

@tris20 how about posting your code so we can see what you're doing, rather than having us guess?

youre totaly right. sorry.

 

#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Outfile=menu test.Exe
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#RequireAdmin
DirCreate ("c:\TEMP")
Sleep(1000)

FileInstall ("C:\Users\Retro\Documents\autoit projecten\pdf_test.pdf", "c:\TEMP\pdf_test.pdf", 1)



#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=c:\users\retro\documents\menu.kxf
Global $Menu = GUICreate("Menu", 615, 437, -1, -1)
Global $pdf = GUICtrlCreateButton("pdf", 16, 16, 75, 25)
Global $Exitbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Exit", 520, 400, 75, 25)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 8, 800, 0, "MS Sans Serif")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $Exitbutton
            Exit
        Case $pdf
            ShellExecute("c:\TEMP\pdf_test.pdf")
    EndSwitch
WEnd

 

[Seminko]

What happens when you open the file from the disc by hand?

Have you tried it without the FIleInstall script? Just pure ShellExecute without any other code?

What about other PDFs?

What about other files? Have you tried ShellExecuting a random *.txt?

Have you tried the 'verb' parameter of ShellExecute?

[tris20]

when i open the file from disk everything is fine. but when i opened it from the script then it doenst open. after that i even cant start acrobat reader anymore and an fresh install is needed. 

 

haven't tried any other way in the script.

 

my goal is to make an menu and from there open the pdf files or ather files. but also make it so that the files are included in the exe.

[bdr529]

I'm sorry but I can't write in English, so i need to use google translator

I propose this modified : 

ShellExecute("explorer.exe","c:\TEMP\pdf_test.pdf")

or remove 

#RequireAdmin

Alternatively it can be set via the following registry key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Acrobat\DC\Privileged]

"bProtectedMode"=dword:00000000 

Edited January 20, 2022 by bdr529