Problems running in Vista

[DickG]

I have code that runs fine on my own WinXP system. But when I send it to a friend who uses Vista, he gets problems that I don't get, and can't figure out why. I'm hoping some of you guys might have run into this before and have a solution.

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Problem #1: Creating new folder in Program Files folder.

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If I run this code:

Dim $FileDir = @ProgramFilesDir & "\DickGirard\"
    
;If secified folder does not exist, create it.
If FileExists($FileDir) Then
    ;Do nothing.
Else
    DirCreate($FileDir)
EndIf
    
;Test to make sure new folder was created.
If FileExists($FileDir) Then
    ;Do nothing.
Else
    MsgBox(0, "Problem", @ProgramFilesDir & " could not be created.")
    Exit
EndIf

It runs fine on my system, but gives him an error about an array value, yet the $Output is virtually the same on my system and his system. The difference is that he gets the IPV6 type of info, but that should be ignored by the StringRegExp.

Sometimes he also gets the first IP found by StringRegExp instead of the third. I am baffled by what to do. I've tried everything I know (which ain't much). [i'm not a trained programmer, just an experienced self-taught scripter.]

Any ideas on what the problem could be?

Regards,

Dick

[ReaImDown]

I have code that runs fine on my own WinXP system. But when I send it to a friend who uses Vista, he gets problems that I don't get, and can't figure out why. I'm hoping some of you guys might have run into this before and have a solution.

===================================

Problem #1: Creating new folder in Program Files folder.

===================================

If I run this code:

Dim $FileDir = @ProgramFilesDir & "\DickGirard\"
    
;If secified folder does not exist, create it.
If FileExists($FileDir) Then
    ;Do nothing.
Else
    DirCreate($FileDir)
EndIf
    
;Test to make sure new folder was created.
If FileExists($FileDir) Then
    ;Do nothing.
Else
    MsgBox(0, "Problem", @ProgramFilesDir & " could not be created.")
    Exit
EndIf

It runs fine on my system, but gives him an error about an array value, yet the $Output is virtually the same on my system and his system. The difference is that he gets the IPV6 type of info, but that should be ignored by the StringRegExp.

Sometimes he also gets the first IP found by StringRegExp instead of the third. I am baffled by what to do. I've tried everything I know (which ain't much). [i'm not a trained programmer, just an experienced self-taught scripter.]

Any ideas on what the problem could be?

Regards,

Dick

hmm thats different, I am running it on vista (1st one) and its not working, I will try and figure out why lol

[Swift]

GOSH DURN IT! I TOLD YE VISTA SUHCKS!! BUT NAH DEM FOOLZ DONT BELIVEID ME!

[ReaImDown]

GOSH DURN IT! I TOLD YE VISTA SUHCKS!! BUT NAH DEM FOOLZ DONT BELIVEID ME!

hah, I only have it cause its a laptop, and it was free

[Swift]

Well if its free...? Who cares right? Gimme it! NOW!!! lol...

[Kerros]

I just tried the first one on my Vista machine, and it worked fine, but then I'm running as administrator on a test machine, with UAC turned off.

Kerros

[ReaImDown]

I just tried the first one on my Vista machine, and it worked fine, but then I'm running as administrator on a test machine, with UAC turned off.

Kerros

what might UAC be, and where can I find it?

[Kerros]

what might UAC be, and where can I find it?

UAC is User Account Control, I turn it off from MSConfig, under the tools tab.

Here is a site that gives different ways to disable it. There appears to be a registry entry, but I can't confirm that it works.

Disable UAC

I also tried the second script, and the example code is missing three variables. If you want to provide those I'll try it on my machine again.

$STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD

I'm assuming $output = ""

Kerros

[james3mg]

As a "quick 'n dirty" fix, add

#RequireAdmin

to the top of your script. Your friend running Vista will get a "Do you want to let this program run" prompt when they launch it (same as any installation routine would ask), then when they click yes, it should run fine.

[ReaImDown]

UAC is User Account Control, I turn it off from MSConfig, under the tools tab.

Here is a site that gives different ways to disable it. There appears to be a registry entry, but I can't confirm that it works.

Disable UAC

I also tried the second script, and the example code is missing three variables. If you want to provide those I'll try it on my machine again.

$STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD

I'm assuming $output = ""

Kerros

thanks, reset time

[ReaImDown]

As a "quick 'n dirty" fix, add

#RequireAdmin

to the top of your script. Your friend running Vista will get a "Do you want to let this program run" prompt when they launch it (same as any installation routine would ask), then when they click yes, it should run fine.

your right, it did

EDIT

I dont know how to do this, but try it out

if UAC = 1 then

#requireadmin

endif

Edited February 18, 2008 by ReaImDown

[Kerros]

your right, it did

EDIT

I dont know how to do this, but try it out

if UAC = 1 then

#requireadmin

endif

If you check that website with the registry entry, you can do a regread against that, and then do the if statement.

[DickG]

I already have thae #requireadmin command there. Also, my friend (with Vista) logs in as Admin (it's his own personal computer) and approves the exe.

Strange problem, and since I don't have Vista, I can't test anything on it to what the problem is.

[Yeah, I hate Vista also.]

Dick

As a "quick 'n dirty" fix, add

#RequireAdmin

to the top of your script. Your friend running Vista will get a "Do you want to let this program run" prompt when they launch it (same as any installation routine would ask), then when they click yes, it should run fine.

[DickG]

Well, I finally figured it out.

I had two problems:

Problem 1: I had #requireadmin in my main exe, but not in the installer exe! Arrgghhh!! Once that dawned on me, I put that in, and my friend was finally able to get it installed on his Vista.

Problem 2: I was using a reg expression I got from one of these posts, where it showed "[0-9][0-9]?[0-9]?.[0-9][0-9]?[0-9]?.[0-9][0-9]?[0-9]?.[0-9][0-9]" for StringRegExp. That turned out to be wrong.

After trying it in Expresso (which I had not done before but just took it "on faith"), sure enough it found the wrong values that were causing the error.

I then used the expression for finding an IP address that came right from the Expresso tutorial, which is: "(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}", and it worked like a charm.

Man, Expresso is great tool. It has really helped me a lot. Thanks to Ultrapico for a great tool!

And thanks to you guys too. You helped me focus on the #requireadmin part, which I had not realized I did not include in my installer. Lessons learned.

Dick

I already have thae #requireadmin command there. Also, my friend (with Vista) logs in as Admin (it's his own personal computer) and approves the exe.

Strange problem, and since I don't have Vista, I can't test anything on it to what the problem is.

[Yeah, I hate Vista also.]

Dick

[DickG]

Update: I discovered that the last expression I used for finding a valid IP address also wasn't working real good. I wanted it to find complete addresses rather than pieces.

So I changed the expression to: (\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})

Example code to find IP addresses from a ping:

#include <Constants.au3>

$pid = Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'ipconfig', "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
ProcessWaitClose($pid, 10); Wait up to 10 seconds.
$Output &= StdoutRead($pid); Save output.
$Result = StringRegExp($Output,"(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})", 3)

;For testing purposes to see the 1st three IPs found.
MsgBox(0, "ipconfig: RouterIP", "Result[0] = " & $Result[0])
MsgBox(0, "ipconfig: RouterIP", "Result[1] = " & $Result[1])
MsgBox(0, "ipconfig: RouterIP", "Result[2] = " & $Result[2])

;The 3rd IP ($Result[2]) should be the router's IP.
$routerIP = $Result[2]
MsgBox(0, "RouterIP", $routerIP)

This works like a charm.

Dick

Well, I finally figured it out.

I had two problems:

Problem 1: I had #requireadmin in my main exe, but not in the installer exe! Arrgghhh!! Once that dawned on me, I put that in, and my friend was finally able to get it installed on his Vista.

Problem 2: I was using a reg expression I got from one of these posts, where it showed "[0-9][0-9]?[0-9]?.[0-9][0-9]?[0-9]?.[0-9][0-9]?[0-9]?.[0-9][0-9]" for StringRegExp. That turned out to be wrong.

After trying it in Expresso (which I had not done before but just took it "on faith"), sure enough it found the wrong values that were causing the error.

I then used the expression for finding an IP address that came right from the Expresso tutorial, which is: "(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}", and it worked like a charm.

Man, Expresso is great tool. It has really helped me a lot. Thanks to Ultrapico for a great tool!

And thanks to you guys too. You helped me focus on the #requireadmin part, which I had not realized I did not include in my installer. Lessons learned.

Dick