Run() fails, lots of other problems...

[CatchFish]

ConsoleWrite("Step 1" & @LF)
Run("C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe");Succeeds

FileWrite("C:\Program", "");Creates a file named "Program"

ConsoleWrite("Step 2" & @LF)
Run("C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe");Fails

If you installed AutoIt 3 in C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\, something VERY BAD happens after you run that script:

• Some menu commands, for example Go & Beta Run, lose effectiveness in SciTE.
• A window pops up which says "xxxx is not a valid win32 application" when you right click a .au3 file and choose Run Script.
• Other terrible things...

I've suffered a lot from the GOD D*MN file C:\Program. You might want to delete it before it drives you mad, if necessary. Edited March 13, 2006 by CatchFish

[MHz]

Wrapping single quotes may help to keep AutoIt from failing with the space in Program Files.

Run('"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"')

Why M$ has spaces in key folders is beyond me. The statement of Program in the root of drive is a known issue of old. I have seen some installers warn over using that. It is bad karma indeed.

[CyberSlug]

Why M$ has spaces in key folders is beyond me. The statement of Program in the root of drive is a known issue of old. I have seen some installers warn over using that. It is bad karma indeed.

I read that it was a way to force programmers to deal with long file names when Windows 95 was introduced. It is annoying though.