Error: Unable to execute upx.exe to compress stub file

[Peter Smick]

I am new to this, but have an AutoIT script that had been compiling just fine (AutoIt v3.1.1). Today, I made a minor change to the script and got the above error when I tried to convert it to EXE. I have uninstalled and re-installed AutoIt, and get the same error.

On a second machine with AutoIT installed, the script compiles OK.

What might be wrong on my main machine? Any help would be wonderful.

Thanks.

Peter Smick

[MHz]

Welcome Peter Smick

What is the error that you receive?

[Valik]

Welcome Peter Smick

What is the error that you receive?

Errr, probably the one in the topic title?

Peter, make sure there is a copy of upx.exe in the same folder as AutoItSC.bin and Aut2Exe.exe.

Edit: And perhaps make sure it's a valid application (It's a console application).

Edited March 6, 2006 by Valik

[Peter Smick]

Yeah, sorry about using the Subject line that way, I should have repeated it in the text. The error is "Unable to execute upx.exe to compress stub file."

Anyway, UPX.EXE is where it should be and it seems to be a valid file--I get the usage/syntax info when I run UPX straight from the command line--I assume that means it's valid.

Other thoughts?

Thanks again.

Peter.

Edited March 6, 2006 by Peter Smick

[Jos]

Other thoughts?

Is your AV software detecting false positives ?

What is the size of AutoItSC.bin , aut2exe and upx.exe ?

[Peter Smick]

Well, you know what? The problem seems to have gone away. I just tried it again and it worked. So maybe it was just some underdone potato. The script being compiled creates something of a TSR, and it may have been that the destination file was still running in memory even though I had killed it in the Task Manager. We live and learn.

Thanks for such fast responses.