FilleInstall - "Windows cannot find file..." - (Moved)

[JonF]

I am sick and freakin' tired of Edge grabbing the PDF association. I located a little program on the Web and wrote an AutoIT wrapper. Using FileInstall to include the program that actually does it. Then Task Manager runs it every half hour. 

 

It's in C:\Program FIles (x86)\GetPDF\

Almost every time it runs Windows can't find the attached file. ?

#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Set Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader as default for PDF in Windows 10 or 11

#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <AutoItConstants.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

If $Cmdline[0] = 0 Then
    MsgBox($MB_OK,"Error",'Specify "Acrobat" or "Reader" as an argument to choose the defalt PDF handler')
ElseIf StringLower($Cmdline[1]) <> "acrobat" And StringLower($Cmdline[1]) <> "reader" Then
    MsgBox($MB_OK,"Error",'The command line argument "' & $Cmdline[1] & '" is not "Acrobat" or "Reader"')
Else
    If StringLower($Cmdline[1]) == "acrobat" Then
        $AdobeHandler = "Acrobat.Document.DC"       ; Adobe Acrobat
    Else
        $AdobeHandler = "AcroExch.Document.DCC"     ; Adobe Acrobat Reader
    EndIf

    ; Get the current PDF handler
    $PDFHandler = RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pdf\UserChoice","ProgId")

    ; SetUserFTA from http://kolbi.cz/blog/2017/10/25/setuserfta-userchoice-hash-defeated-set-file-type-associations-per-user/
    ; or http://web.archive.org/web/20220412005411/https://kolbi.cz/blog/2017/10/25/setuserfta-userchoice-hash-defeated-set-file-type-associations-per-user/

    ; If Adobe isnt the PDF handler...
    If $AdobeHandler <> $PDFHandler Then
        $Result = ShellExecuteWait(@ScriptDir & "\SetUserFTA.exe",".pdf " & $AdobeHandler,"",$SHEX_OPEN,@SW_HIDE)
        ; MsgBox(0,"Result",$Result)
    EndIf
EndIf

 

Edited May 9, 2022 by JonF

[Melba23]

Moved to the appropriate forum.

Moderation Team

[jerem488]

Hello,

You must use fileinstall() function

Best regards

[JonF]

Um, as I said, I used FileInstall. It doesn't work.

[Jos]

1 hour ago, JonF said:

Um, as I said, I used FileInstall. It doesn't work.

Um... but it isn't in the posted code....   so are we missing a part of the script?

[Skysnake]

I'm getting a lot of this

Windows 11 reports

Windows 10 Error 0x800700E1: Defender detects unwanted software/virus

It seems MS made the malware detection a lot sticter

[Confuzzled]

Is your exe signed and registered in the Microsoft Store? Nope? Then it probably will throw an exception and need a manual override to be saved. FileInstall was a good idea and I have used it for many things, but it wont be very useful for exe droppers much more, as AutoIT compiled exe files are recognised (misclassified but that is irrelevant for most users that are running your wrapper code) as badware. The skript kiddies with their silly malware have spoiled it for everybody.

Edited June 7, 2022 by Confuzzled