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GuiStatusBar UDF Bug OS WinXP SP2 AutoIt 3.2.12.0 Progress bars and possibly other controls loose their possition if the GUI is minimised and then restored. They all move to the bottom left of the GUI. Additionally this somtimes causes AutoIt to crash. The Script below taken direct from the help page for _GUICtrlStatusBar_EmbedControl replicactes the problem,

To Replicate Run the script minimise to taskbar click taskbar to restore

#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiStatusBar.au3>
#include <ProgressConstants.au3>
#include <SendMessage.au3>

Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)

$Debug_SB = False ; Check ClassName being passed to functions, set to True and use a handle to another control to see it work

_Main()

Func _Main()

	Local $hGUI, $hProgress, $hInput, $input, $progress, $hStatus
	Local $aParts[4] = [80, 160, 300, -1]
	
	; Create GUI
	$hGUI = GUICreate("StatusBar Embed Control", 400, 300)

	;===============================================================================
	; defaults to 1 part, no text
	$hStatus = _GUICtrlStatusBar_Create ($hGUI)
	_GUICtrlStatusBar_SetMinHeight ($hStatus, 20)

	;===============================================================================
	GUISetState()

	; Initialize parts
	_GUICtrlStatusBar_SetParts ($hStatus, $aParts)
	_GUICtrlStatusBar_SetText ($hStatus, "Part 1")
	_GUICtrlStatusBar_SetText ($hStatus, "Part 2", 1)

	; Embed a progress bar
	If @OSTYPE = "WIN32_WINDOWS" Then
		$progress = GUICtrlCreateProgress(0, 0, -1, -1, $PBS_SMOOTH)
		$hProgress = GUICtrlGetHandle($progress)
		_GUICtrlStatusBar_EmbedControl ($hStatus, 2, $hProgress)
	Else
		$progress = GUICtrlCreateProgress(0, 0, -1, -1, $PBS_MARQUEE) ; marquee works on Win XP and above
		$hProgress = GUICtrlGetHandle($progress)
		_GUICtrlStatusBar_EmbedControl ($hStatus, 2, $hProgress)
		_SendMessage($hProgress, $PBM_SETMARQUEE, True, 200) ; marquee works on Win XP and above
	EndIf
	
	$input = GUICtrlCreateInput("This is Embeded", 0, 0)
	$hInput = GUICtrlGetHandle($input)
	_GUICtrlStatusBar_EmbedControl ($hStatus, 3, $hInput, 3)

	; Loop until user exits
	Do
	Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
	GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>_Main

I have written a script that will elevate an uninstall process to admin credentials. This works nicely when run from a local drive. However when run from a network path, the scripts pauses.

RunAs Command line reads:

RunAs($Admin, @LogonDomain, $AdminPwd,1,@ComSpec & ' /c ' & $RemoveOld)

As I'm using the @ComSpec /c, when running from local drive the command line box appears. When running same script (absolutely no changes) from a network path, this command line box does not appear.

To get around this I have created a .cmd file that copies the script file from the network path to the local drive and run script locally. Bit of a bummer!

A install package with Autoit and Scite4Autoit, would be a good step I think. It's annoying to install both, and sometimes it's asynchronous...