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#16 Post by GeddichNixan »

@m^(2)

Belive you or not, as I tried to reproduce the failure everything worked fine, i.e. the original autoit launcher, you modified autoit launcher, your C-launcher and my installed copy.

What ever may have caused the trouble it was probably gone by the standard Windows problem solver (switch off-switch on-it works) or I did something right instinctivly, what ever that was, I don't know. (Well, after the problem occured I uninstalled and then reinstalled the prog and it worked after that.)

BTW I am not sure how relevant is this but I have an XP SP2 and not a Vista (as mentioned in the problem description behind the link you provided) and definitely no enterprise edition.
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#17 Post by m^(2) »

New version.
Firstly, I found some bugs i.e. when you close VBox and start another one before the first performed cleanup (michaelm_007, do you read this?)
Secondly, uninstallation is long here and I think that some indication that it ended can be useful. michaelm_007 uses a splash screen, I made a tray icon because I find it less obtrusive.
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#18 Post by GeddichNixan »

Each version seems to work fine. No trouble caused by the most recent C-launcher. Thanks a lot m^(2)
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#19 Post by Master of Dice »

I have Vista x64 and your C-Launcher crashes at startup.
And it doesn't ask for admin rights.
I will stick with the original launcher until you can fix it.

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Printing error((null):3150674) failed with: 12
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#20 Post by m^(2) »

Master of Dice wrote:I have Vista x64 and your C-Launcher crashes at startup.
And it doesn't ask for admin rights.
I will stick with the original launcher until you can fix it.

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Printing error((null):3150674) failed with: 12
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This error message was added just in case and I didn't believe I'll ever see it. :? I searched documentation and have absolutely no idea, what happened.
I'll check what's about Vista admin rights, maybe I can get around it somehow. Not sure, when I'll do it, Vista bugfixes are very low on my priorities list.
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#21 Post by m^(2) »

2Master of Dice:
One more thing: can you run this on your computer and tell me the result?
Also, please check your system for viruses.
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#22 Post by Master of Dice »

Sorry m^(2), but no virus. :)

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IMM32.DLL	0x75980000	0x00060000	6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)	Multi-User Windows IMM32 API Client DLL	Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System	21.01.2008 02:48:30	21.01.2008 02:48:30	116.224	C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.DLL	A	

MSCTF.dll	0x772f0000	0x000c8000	6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	MSCTF Server DLL	Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System	21.01.2008 02:50:05	21.01.2008 02:50:05	806.912	C:\Windows\syswow64\MSCTF.dll	A	

Secur32.dll	0x75910000	0x00060000	6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)	Security Support Provider Interface	Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System	21.01.2008 02:48:08	21.01.2008 02:48:08	76.800	C:\Windows\syswow64\Secur32.dll	A
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#23 Post by m^(2) »

Version 1.2
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[+] Multilanguage support
[+] Embed manifest
[~] Changed icon
I hope that manifest solves the Vista bug.
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#24 Post by Master of Dice »

The manifest doesn't work. I get no shield on my icon and it doesn't ask for admin rights on start.

But it doesn't work anyways. Now I get this error:

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Printing error(Installation:193) failed with: 87
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#25 Post by m^(2) »

Master of Dice wrote:The manifest doesn't work. I get no shield on my icon and it doesn't ask for admin rights on start.

But it doesn't work anyways. Now I get this error:

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Printing error(Installation:193) failed with: 87
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This message is more reasonable, though it should never appear too, at least provided information looks correct.
It may be something x64 related, the script is not x64 aware yet and this can cause some problems.
Dunno what's wrong with the manifest, I took it from MS website. :lol:
Thanks for testing. :)
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#26 Post by Master of Dice »

I hope I can use your launcher soon.
With the original version, the ALT GR key isn't working anymore
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#27 Post by m^(2) »

Master of Dice wrote:I hope I can use your launcher soon.
With the original version, the ALT GR key isn't working anymore
I found one x64 related problem and I need your help to solve it. In x86 Windows 2000 and newer there's a program called rundll32.exe. I need to find it's 64-bit equivalent and googling gave me nothing. Can you search your Windows directory for executables which names contain rundll?
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#28 Post by Master of Dice »

I've uploaded both x32 and x64 version of my Vista x64 SP1 to
http://www.mybigdir.com/10241
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#29 Post by m^(2) »

Master of Dice wrote:I've uploaded both x32 and x64 version of my Vista x64 SP1 to
http://www.mybigdir.com/10241
Well..actually I don't need the files and i doubt I would be allowed by MS to redistribute them, I just need their paths, so I can access the host ones.
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#30 Post by Master of Dice »

Ok. Now it gets complicated.

Windows will load the correct dll automatically

For x64 programs:
%win%\system32\rundll32.dll = x64 version
%win%\systemWOW64\rundll32.dll = x32 version

For x32 programs:
%win%\system32\rundll32.dll = %win%\systemWOW64\rundll32.dll = x32 version

For x32 programs which calls a special API
%win%\system32\rundll32.dll = x64 version
%win%\systemWOW64\rundll32.dll = x32 version

Windows switches the pathes automtically, depending on the
program currently asking for the path.

You should only load rundll32.dll and windows will load the correct one.
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