[wpkg-users] Program installs fine when calling js, but not when through service

[David Petterson]

Mike Morawski wrote:
>  Thanks for the continued support. I have it working, somewhat.. I did
> what you said and no change, I also got rid of everything and just tried
> the install line (and put install files locally and nothing else). After
> that didn't work I looked for some debugging logs the program might
> output. Found them, and it was trying to launch another install from
> it's own install (instmmc.exe and hhupd.exe)

I had a lot of problems with missing %COMSPEC% /C <command> >nul 2>&1
Every time I run a manual install it worked, but when I run it with the
wpkg client it failed. Now I use %COMSPEC% /C and >nul 2>&1 to most of
my commands that is not MSI-packages.

Don't know if it helps, but in XP you can force start a CMD to run as
system, very handy while debugging and testing packages.
In a CMD, run "at xx:xx /interactive cmd" where xx:xx is the time you
want it to start. It has to be %TIME%+00:01 or it will start the next day.


> 
> I can't get it to NOT install those files. I was hoping I could skip it
> and try installing that file manually but there is no config to disable
> that file from being installed. So what I did is compiled an EXE to
> return code 0 and put it in the files place. After that, it goes
> through. I don't think I need those particular programs (it looks like
> an update for win98 computers) so... so far so good.
> 
> I would still like to know why it seized up when getting to that file
> through the service call and not otherwise. However I've put so many
> hours into figuring this out (mostly personal time) that I'm going to
> call it a day with what I have. Thanks again.
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