Run command in windows xp

[mcgill]

How can I run explorer on a windows xp box, this line of code works fine on a win 2000 box.

run("explorer") and run("explorer.exe")

[xcal]

That works perfectly fine on my XP.

If not on your's, try Run(@WindowsDir & "\explorer.exe")

[mcgill]

Tried with Run(@WindowsDir & "\explorer.exe") , application still failing.

$ret = _GUICtrlListViewGetItemText ($listview1, -1, 0)

; Set the RunAs parameters to use local adminstrator account

;$USERNAME = "***********"

;$PASSWORD = "**********"

$DOMAIN = @LogonDomain ;"domain.com"

$RUN = 0 ; run indicator

; retrieve the cycle from commandline

If $CMDLINE[0] = 1 Then $RUN = $CMDLINE[1]

If $RUN = 0 Then

RunAsSet($username, $DOMAIN, $password)

;Run(@WindowsDir & "\explorer.exe") - line fails here on winxp service pack 2

;run("explorer") - also this line of code does too, both examples don't work

WinWaitActive("My Documents")

Send("!d")

$x = StringFormat("%s", $ret)

;msgbox(0,"", $x)

Send($x & "{ENTER}")

RunAsSet()

endif

[Jos]

Tried with Run(@WindowsDir & "\explorer.exe") , application still failing.

$ret = _GUICtrlListViewGetItemText ($listview1, -1, 0)

; Set the RunAs parameters to use local adminstrator account

;$USERNAME = "***********"

;$PASSWORD = "**********"

$DOMAIN = @LogonDomain ;"domain.com"

$RUN = 0 ; run indicator

; retrieve the cycle from commandline

If $CMDLINE[0] = 1 Then $RUN = $CMDLINE[1]

If $RUN = 0 Then

RunAsSet($username, $DOMAIN, $password)

;Run(@WindowsDir & "\explorer.exe") - line fails here on winxp service pack 2

;run("explorer") - also this line of code does too, both examples don't work

WinWaitActive("My Documents")

Send("!d")

$x = StringFormat("%s", $ret)

;msgbox(0,"", $x)

Send($x & "{ENTER}")

RunAsSet()

endif

Where are you running this script from ? (server?)

Try added the Workdir on the Run command.. something like @tempdir should do...

Edited September 5, 2006 by JdeB

[Danny35d]

This should work on Win2k and WinXp, I don't have a Win2k machine but, works on WinXp.

Run(@ComSpec & " /c start explorer.exe", @WorkingDir, @SW_HIDE)

[mcgill]

The line of code works fine on win2k but when i run the line of code on win xp, it hangs the application

Run(@ComSpec & " /c start explorer.exe", @WorkingDir, @SW_HIDE)

[DaveF]

It's the RunAsSet that's causing your trouble, there are measures to prevent EXPLORER.EXE from running with different credentails in Win XP.

I've worked around this in the past by calling the Internet Explorer EXE instead. I typically do this by hand, I don't know if IE would accept a starting address of "My Documents" on the command-line, but you could try...

[lod3n]

Try this:

filecreateshortcut(@WindowsDir&"\explorer.exe",@scriptdir&"\explorer.lnk")
Run(@ComSpec & ' /c start "explorer" explorer.lnk', @scriptdir, @SW_HIDE)
filedelete(@scriptdir&"\explorer.lnk")

[GaryFrost]

RunAs with Explorer doesn't work on XP SP2, we've tried that also at work

[lod3n]

But, why are you running explorer hidden? Can a hidden window be active?

[GaryFrost]

But, why are you running explorer hidden? Can a hidden window be active?

They aren't running explorer hidden, the command window that they are calling explorer from is hidden

Edited September 5, 2006 by gafrost

[lod3n]

http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archi.../07/175488.aspx

Option 2. Set the flag that allows explorer.exe to work with RunAs

Its actually very simple. The trick is to set the folder option to Launch folder windows in a separate process. This is a per-user option, off by default, that needs to be set for the target user account. That is, if you want to use RunAs to start explorer.exe as MyAdminAccount, then MyAdminAccount needs to have the separate process option set. Once this flag has been set, you can start explorer.exe with RunAs, or from your admin cmd shell.

[GaryFrost]

http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archi.../07/175488.aspx

I'll have to give it a try tomorrow at work, see if the gpo let's it stick

[acastle]

I have a similar problem. I'm trying to download the latest java runtime environment and then run it silently. I already have an autoit script to run it silently and I just want to dl it first. I'm just having trouble hitting the target url. I went the @ComSpec route prior but couldn't seem to get the syntax to hit the iexplore.exe and the url at the same time. I got it to work with send comands but I'm wanting to do this more reliably than that.

Here's what I've got now:

$ie = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

$jre = "http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=10433" ;offline win install

If FileExists(@ProgramFilesDir & "\Java\jre1.5.0_06") Then

MsgBox ( 0, "Java", "JRE 1.5.0.06 already installed.", 5 )

Exit

Else

Run($ie & $jre)

EndIf

Exit

My last @ComSpec line was:

Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" 'http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=10433', "")

I took out the hide to keep my sanity.

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Helge]

@acastle :

1. You're trying to run "iexplore" with a link. Try adding a space between it and the link, or else

it will try to run file with this strange name : "iexplore.exehttp://jdl.sun.com/webapps/downl..."

2. You're sure that "Java\jre1.5.0_06" doesn't have an extension ? Like ".exe" ?

3. Back to your download-thingie again. Why don't you just use INetGet() ?

Edit : 4. You're using Run() to start @ComSpec which again starts "iexplore.exe".

That's not needed as Run() is very able to run it "iexplore.exe" directly.

Edited September 6, 2006 by Helge

[acastle]

@Helge :

"Java\jre1.5.0_06" is a folder and in it is the \bin\java.exe. Each version of the jre installs to a seperate folder inside the main Java folder.

I overlooked the InetGet() and will try that out. I'm sure it will work just fine.

Thanks,

[mcgill]

Alright so RUNAS does not work with WIN XP sp2 with explorer but can I use it with iexplore.exe? I changed my code with this and works fine with win 2000, but when running on win xp it won't open iexplore.exe even though it is pointing to the correct path, any ideas?

$ret = _GUICtrlListViewGetItemText ($listview1, -1, 0)

; Set the RunAs parameters to use local adminstrator account

$USERNAME = "*********"

$PASSWORD = "********"

$DOMAIN = @LogonDomain ;"domain.com"

$RUN = 0 ; run indicator

; retrieve the cycle from commandline

If $CMDLINE[0] = 1 Then $RUN = $CMDLINE[1]

If $RUN = 0 Then

RunAsSet($username, $DOMAIN, $password)

Run("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe")

WinWaitActive("Ceridian's Intranet")

Send("!d")

$x = StringFormat("%s", $ret)

Send($x & "{ENTER}")

RunAsSet()

endif

[MHz]

Did you try the advice mentioned back at post #4?

[mcgill]

Tried with and got the same error on win xp:

" unable to execute the external program "

Run("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe", @WorkingDir)

[MHz]

Small change to try.

$ret = _GUICtrlListViewGetItemText ($listview1, -1, 0)
; Set the RunAs parameters to use local adminstrator account 
$USERNAME = "*********" 
$PASSWORD = "********" 
$DOMAIN = @LogonDomain ;"domain.com" 
$RUN = 0 ; run indicator 
; retrieve the cycle from commandline 
If $CMDLINE[0] = 1 Then $RUN = $CMDLINE[1] 
If $RUN = 0 Then 
    RunAsSet($username, $DOMAIN, $password)
    $workingdir = @WorkingDir
    If FileChangeDir("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer") Then
        Run("iexplore.exe")
        WinWaitActive("Ceridian's Intranet") 
        Send("!d") 
        $x = StringFormat("%s", $ret)
        Send($x & "{ENTER}")
        FileChangeDir($workingdir)
    Else
        MsgBox(0, 'Debug', 'Could not change directory'); debug
    EndIf   
    RunAsSet() 
endif

An option to troubleshoot could be to run @ComSpec from this script and see what working dir your in and whether "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer..." is visible by command CD to it.