nsExec::ExecToLog may crash Outlook on silent install

Archive: nsExec::ExecToLog may crash Outlook on silent install

DukeyToo
28th November 2006 22:23 UTC

nsExec::ExecToLog may crash Outlook on silent install
Sample script (also attached):


Name "Example1"


>; The file to write

OutFile "example1.exe"


>; The default installation directory

InstallDir $PROGRAMFILESExample1


Page directory

Page instfiles


Section "" 

  SetOutPath $INSTDIR

  

  nsExec::ExecToLog '"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\RegAsm.exe"'

 

>SectionEnd ; end the section 

>

Running the setup generated by the above in silent mode "/S" crashes Outlook 2003 on my machine 100% of the time. The command-line may or may not be relevant, but it is important that it produces text output. Changing to nsExec::Exec works around the problem, as does nsExec::ExecToStack.

My theory is that something about the ExecToLog is faulty when directing the output to the (non-visible) NSIS log window.

DukeyToo
28th November 2006 23:30 UTC

I confirmed that the command path is not relevant. The sample nsExec found at http://nsis.cvs.sourceforge.net/*che...i?revision=1.5 exhibits the same problem as the sample I gave.

Also confirmed the issue does not crash Outlook 2003 on all machines.

robotmp3
30th November 2006 13:49 UTC

My customer also complains about the crashes of Outlook 2003 on some Machines in silent mode. Unfortunately I cannot reproduce that :(, but have a lot of nsExec::ExecToLog and have no possibility to check the cause yet.
I would be very gladly for a help

Takhir
30th November 2006 18:01 UTC

DukeyToo
Can you reproduce the situation with ExecDos plug-in? Last version supports redirection to stack, but some details may differ compare to nsExec. Put included dll to NSIS\plug-ins folder.

kichik
30th November 2006 18:47 UTC

LogMessage does nothing if g_hwndList is NULL. However, I can see how g_hwndList can get the wrong value when g_hwndParent is NULL.

Try the attached version and let me know if it still crashes.

DukeyToo
1st December 2006 14:37 UTC

Updated nsExec dll works
kichik
I downloaded the nsExec you supplied, and it no longer crashes Outlook :)

Thanks much.
~Steve

DukeyToo
1st December 2006 14:46 UTC

Takhir
I tried the exec2stack example for ExecDos, and it did *not* crash Outlook. I doubt it would sufer from the nsExec problem, since it does not access the listview window.