Why won't this run

[clivebuckwheat]

I am trying to kick off an install

The installation files reside in

C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Installing Adobe Photshop Elements 8.0" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8\Setup.exe" /f]

I get an error cannot find the installer. I am trying to understand why the above doesn't work, yet calling it from a cmd file does.

but if I run it from a cmd file located in C:\Applications

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Installing Adobe Photshop Elements 8.0" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8\PSE8.cmd" /f]

in the cmd file it has the following commands

cd \AdobePhotoshopElements8
setup

Edited August 31, 2011 by clivebuckwheat

[IcemanND]

If this is a direct copy and paste of the commands you are missing a " in the second line, or maybe a [ instead?

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Installing Adobe Photshop Elements 8.0" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8\PSE8.cmd" /f]

[clivebuckwheat]

The missing " is there in my script in my carelessness to post I didn't get the whole line sorry

The issue is this I have a directory called C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8\

here are the lines that should kick off the installation, yet I get an error message cannot find installer

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements 8" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8\Setup.exe" /f 

If I kick off the install like this it works.

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements 8" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8\PSE8.cmd" /f

The contents of the PSE8.cmd is as follows. The PSE8.cmd is in C:\Applications

cd\AdobePhotoshopElements8
setup.exe

What I do not understand is why the commands below will not work?.

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements 8" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8\Setup.exe" /f 

Edited August 31, 2011 by clivebuckwheat

[allen2]

The cmd is most likely the problem:

Do you have a folder "AdobePhotoshopElements8" inside the folder "C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8" ?

Also you should just do :

cd /d "C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8"

or for more flexibility

cd /d %~dp0 

in your batch.

Edited August 31, 2011 by allen2

[Guest]

The batch works as clicebuckwheat describes, allen2. The fact that it works appears to be the problem.

The contents of the PSE8.cmd is as follows. The PSE8.cmd is in C:\Applications

cd\AdobePhotoshopElements8
setup.exe

As written, "cd\AdobePhotoshopElements8" points to "C:\AdobePhotoshopElements8" because the target starts with a backslash (\). Does the setup.exe file reside there?

[allen2]

That's right i misread his post.

As i assumed the setup.exe should be in C:\Applications\AdobePhotoshopElements8, it would work with the code provided (the first one) and if the batch is in the same folder then the second should be used.

[clivebuckwheat]

Calling the installation from the batch does work fine. It always has.The issue is I get can't find installer if I try to kick it off with

C:Applications\Adobephotoshopelements8\setup.exe in the regadd statement.

The setup.exe runs fine if I manually double click it

Edited August 31, 2011 by clivebuckwheat