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System cannot find the file specified - driving me nuts

 
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Levitt
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:25 am    Post subject: System cannot find the file specified - driving me nuts Reply with quote
I'm a new user to AutoHotKeys, and I'm having a bit of trouble with what should be a simple command.

Certain Run commands are causing the "the system cannot find the file specified" error, even though the files are there. Two examples are the following:



Run "C:\Windows\system32\compmgmt.msc /s"
Run "D:\progs\MS Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE /recycle"


Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? These both work fine from the Windows Run dialog box, but they throw up an error in AHK.
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Levitt
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Okay, the first example I gave, I figured out - it required mmc.exe in order to load.

But I still don't understand why the second one is failing.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:35 pm    Post subject: Re: System cannot find the file specified - driving me nuts Reply with quote
Levitt wrote:
Run "D:\progs\MS Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE /recycle"
Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? These both work fine from the Windows Run dialog box, but they throw up an error in AHK.


Help File wrote:
To pass parameters, add them immediately after the program or document name. If a parameter contains spaces, it is safest to enclose it in double quotes (even though it may work without them in some cases).

so:
Code:
Run, "D:\progs\MS Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" /recycle

ps, I hope the installer info helped. Wink
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Levitt
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:26 am    Post subject: Re: System cannot find the file specified - driving me nuts Reply with quote
Anonymous wrote:


Help File wrote:


To pass parameters, add them immediately after the program or document name. If a parameter contains spaces, it is safest to enclose it in double quotes (even though it may work without them in some cases).




so:
Code:
Run, "D:\progs\MS Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" /recycle

ps, I hope the installer info helped. Wink




That did the trick. It was confusing because it wasn't explicit as to where quotes should and should not be used. To be honest, there's no reason why the initial line *shouldn't* have worked. But at least I now know how to deal with it. Thank you!

And yes, the installer info helped very much. Smile
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