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Hi,

I am new member and i am french. So my english is limited.

I have a problem

Comspec do not open chm file when my script run as service.

I have made service with sercicecontrol.au3 and all is ok expect opening chm files.

anybody have idea?

Thanks

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The Run() function can only run executable files, aka .exe, .bat, .pif, .com, etc.

A chm is not a executable file, so it doesn't know how to execute it. Instead, use the beta version of autoit and use the ShellExecute function:

ShellExecute ( "filename" [, "parameters" [, "workingdir" [, "verb" [, showflag]]]] )

ShellExecute("AutoIt3.chm")
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Run(@WindowsDir & '\hh.exe "D:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.chm"')
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Yes this is work when i run my script as user but do not work when i run my script as service!!!

@comspec open a window so a session must be open.

I am not too familiar what can really be done with services even with ShellExecute ;)

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Yes this is work when i run my script as user but do not work when i run my script as service!!!

A service by default does not interact with a user desktop. There is an option that be enabled to allow interaction with the desktop in services.msc.

;)

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A service by default does not interact with a user desktop. There is an option that be enabled to allow interaction with the desktop in services.msc.

;)

my service is enabled to allow interaction with the desktop.

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By default, service is running under SYSTEM account. Many things are act different under SYSTEM. Try to create a service running under user id other than local SYSTEM and test.

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By default, service is running under SYSTEM account. Many things are act different under SYSTEM. Try to create a service running under user id other than local SYSTEM and test.

But i want it run under SYSTEM account. It is ok if i run an exe but not for chm file!!!!

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But i want it run under SYSTEM account. It is ok if i run an exe but not for chm file!!!!

If an EXE file runs then I think ShellExecute() should work.

Example

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ShellExecute(<folder path> & "\My_File.chm"
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If ShellExecute() doesn't work, feel free to use this program i just wrote and run the parameters to it. It should not have the same restrictions as a service since it isn't being run as a service.

This is a ShellExecute.exe I wrote in Freebasic that is 5KB and has a small documentation txt file and an example batch file:

ShellExecute.zip

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But i want it run under SYSTEM account. It is ok if i run an exe but not for chm file!!!!

I just tested, you can not run CHM file with SYSTEM account. Running hh.exe test.chm won't open. There are things you can not do with SYSTEM account like.

Can't use UNC path or RunAs, etc...

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I just tested, you can not run CHM file with SYSTEM account. Running hh.exe test.chm won't open. There are things you can not do with SYSTEM account like.

Can't use UNC path or RunAs, etc...

Many thanks to every body reply. I go search another way to open my helpfile.

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