Cannot run program anymore "doesn't exist"

[diepfeile]

Running a program through Autoit isn't working anymore.
Interestingly FileExists returns 0, yet it still works in explorer and the console normally.
Cannot select it in FileOpenDialog either.

It worked in the past, it's a really simple script: a button press calls the function:

Func SnippingTool()
    Run(@WindowsDir & '\System32\SnippingTool.exe')
EndFunc   ;==>SnippingTool

Stuff I have tried:

$sFile = @WindowsDir & '\System32\SnippingTool.exe' ; not working
$sFile = @WindowsDir & '\System32\SoundRecorder.exe' ; also not working
$sFile = @WindowsDir & '\System32\charmap.exe' ; working
;$sFile = FileOpenDialog('',@WindowsDir & '\System32', 'Executables (*.exe)') ; not selectable here
$res = Run($sFile, @WindowsDir & '\System32')
MsgBox(0, $res & FileExists($sFile), $sFile) ; fileexists returns 0, yet the file should exist

Is the 3.3.16.0 buggy or what am I missing?
 

[Nine]

Try with this line at the top of your script :

If @OSArch = "X64" And Not @AutoItX64 Then _WinAPI_Wow64EnableWow64FsRedirection(False)

 

[HurleyShanabarger]

Guess your script is not running in X64 mode. Add

#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y

at the beginning of your script.

[ad777]

diepfeile.

• try compile script as x32bit/64bit According to your Os & Run it after that.
• you cant Run variable with same name see below how to..:

$sFile = @WindowsDir & '\System32\SnippingTool.exe' ; not working
;$sFile2 = @WindowsDir & '\System32\SoundRecorder.exe' ; also not working
;$sFile3 = @WindowsDir & '\System32\charmap.exe' ; working
;$sFile = FileOpenDialog('', @WindowsDir & '\System32', 'Executables (*.exe)') ; not selectable here
Run($sFile, @WindowsDir & '\System32')
;Run($sFile2, @WindowsDir & '\System32')
;Run($sFile3, @WindowsDir & '\System32')
;MsgBox(0, $res & FileExists($sFile), $sFile) ; fileexists returns 0, yet the file should exist

 

 

 

Edited March 29, 2022 by ad777

[Melba23]

ad777,

1 minute ago, ad777 said:

Try Reinstall Autoit

If you say that in response to one more question it will be your last post for quite a while.

While we understand that you want to be helpful, you are beginning to annoy us with your constant "Reinstall" advice in many of the threads in which you post. If you have nothing sensible to say then just do not post.

M23

[diepfeile]

Damn, it's the x64 vs x86 again. It works in 64 bit.
So much for the "x86... recommended for compatibility".
How can I change the default to x64, without reinstalling?

[diepfeile]

Well, just reinstalling with default x64 without prior uninstalling seems to be the easiest fix.

[rudi]

@Nine

If @OSArch = "X64" And Not @AutoItX64 Then _WinAPI_Wow64EnableWow64FsRedirection(False)

 

That's what I used for some scripts quite some time ago. As the help file for this function states, it's not always working reliable. The help file embedded link to MSDN is broken, here this functionality is covered: How to make use of it and it's counterpart, Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection, in an autoit script?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wow64apiset/nf-wow64apiset-wow64disablewow64fsredirection