Yathosho
20th July 2009 16:39 UTC

troubles on win7, probably uac related?
since i'm using win7 rc (x64), i have run into a couple of problems using nsExec. in some cases it works (running .exe from $PLUGINSDIR), in others it doesn't (running .exe from $PROGRAMFILES).

i assume, that i need to use the UAC plugin to fix this. however, i have built in support for parameters into my installer. when i launch my installer with UAC, it keeps on telling me that i launched it with a wrong/unknown parameter.

it seems uac launched another instance of my installer, according to the warning it does so with a parameter unknown to my installer. another question would be how to pass on parameter i'm launching my install with.

Anders
20th July 2009 17:11 UTC

I don't think the uac plugin is going to help here

Yathosho
20th July 2009 20:02 UTC

Originally posted by Anders
I don't think the uac plugin is going to help here

Yathosho
20th July 2009 20:24 UTC

i'm not sure what the best way to give more clues. i can't reproduce the problem in a reduced installer, and the full script has nearly 3000 lines.

i tested the installer on win 2008 server (x64) and get the same problems. in the process explorer i can see the application is launched, but it doesn't react. i can run a different application from the same folder. on 32-bit win xp i don't have any problems.

Yathosho
20th July 2009 21:52 UTC

well, here are the sources for both apps