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This did (do) the trick: {START} /d "%wpipath%\\Install\\1. directory with a dot in the name\\" /WAIT "" "MyBatchFile.bat" or in config.js terms: cmds[pn]=['{START} /d "%wpipath%\\Install\\1. directory with a dot in the name\\" /WAIT "" "MyBatchFile.bat"'];

Hi, I'm trying to launch / execute batch files in WPI with dots (.'s) in the path (as well in the directories above the WPI directory as in the WPI install directories). (I'm not running WPI from CD/DVD but from an external USB hard drive.) The WPI log says launching the batch files (.bat file or .cmd file) went fine, but it does not get executed. Running the command (taken from the WPI log) manually shows it stumbles on the dots in the path. I tried it directly and with {START} but nothing seems to work. Any clues (apart from removing dots from all paths)? Thx.

The problem is not in the reg files, but in not being able to install / run a VBS file in WPI (after having changed the default Windows behavior with VBS files because of security reasons). WPI is dependent on certain settings in Windows. To make it more robust that IMO could/should be changed.

To prevent inadvertently executing a VBS script it is recommended to change the default behavior when double clicking or opening a VBS file. This for security reasons. (For a reg file to do so, see later on in this post.) Consequence is that WPI is not able to install a VBS file anymore. WPI only opens the VBS file and stops until the VBS file is closed again. WPI is thus dependent on default (unsave) behavior / settings. To my mind it would be an improvement to change WPI in this respect. A workaround is to use the following in the user interface: {START} /d "%wpipath%\\Install\\" /WAIT CScript "MyVBSFile.vbs". or equivalently use the following command in your 'config.js' file: cmds[pn]=['{START} /d "%wpipath%\\Install\\" /WAIT CScript "MyVBSFile.vbs"']; (Using a cmd / batch file resulted in errors in my case, because of "."'s in the path of "MyVBSFile.vbs". I'm not completely sure if this could be an alternative.) Reg file for changing the default behavior when double clicking or opening a VBS file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open] @="&Edit in Notepad" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open\Command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,6f,00,\ 74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\ 00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open1] @="&Execute VBScript" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open1\Command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,57,00,53,00,\ 63,00,72,00,69,00,70,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,\ 00,22,00,20,00,25,00,2a,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open2] @="Open &with Command Prompt" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Open2\Command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,43,00,53,00,\ 63,00,72,00,69,00,70,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,\ 00,22,00,20,00,25,00,2a,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Print] @="&Print" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell\Print\Command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,6f,00,\ 74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\ 00,25,00,31,00,00,00