Start a program from a batch file

4 Apps of mine run a batch file that -tries- to call/start and EXE program. These Batch files need to work with OS XP thru Win 10. Win 10 has a pop-up window asking user if its okay to run/execute my EXE. No other Win version does this and thus I suspect a timing problem.

Here is a few lines from my BAT file:

Code:

 if %WinVer%-5.0 LSS 0.0 (pause) else (timeout /t 8)
call %od-tools%\base4DOS.exe /openLF %FCname% %od-user% %FCexit% > nul
@echo off

I have tried the following but will this work on older OS versions?

Code:

start /wait "" "%od-tools%\base4DOS.exe" /openLF %FCname% %od-user% %FCexit% > nul

This doesn't work either. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Phil

dalchina said:

Can you please post a screenshot of the popup message?

Its titled 'User Account Control' and is a pop-up box that may be causing my problem.

I've done a lot of testing between my Win 7 and Win 10 laptop. Here is some code with comments ...

Code:

rem 1. .bat works in All Win.s except Win 10!!rem call %od-tools%\base4DOS.bat /openLF %FCname% %od-user% %FCexit% > nul
rem 2. .bat works in All Win.s except Win 10!!
rem works! start /wait /B "%FCapp%'s DOSbox Setup" %od-tools%\base4DOS.bat /openLF %FCname% %od-user% %FCexit% > nul
rem 3. .exe starts for a split second and then exits in Win 10... a Nogo!
rem   It has a 'User Account Control' pop-up box that may cause a timing problem.
rem   It works in Win 7.
 start /wait /B "%FCapp%'s DOSbox Setup" %od-tools%\base4DOS.exe /openLF %FCname% %od-user% %FCexit% > nul

EXE runs for a split second, then terminates ... ideas?

Phil

dalchina said:

Otherwise the second answer here:
Add application to UAC exceptions
may point you in the right direction.

That helped ... I use Inno Setup to install my packages. Under [setup] 'PrivilegesRequired=admin' was changed to 'PrivilegesRequired=none' and that did the trick.

Their was another issue with the Start cmd. I was using 'start /wait /b' and that is a bug. 'start /b /wait' fixed problems.

Thanks for your help, Phil