ExecWait crashes on Vista

simulation · 21st July 2008, 22:09

This particular installer is used for automated testing which clears the installed product and installs a new clean version. It then starts a couple of batch files to copy additional test files and start the application many times with different script files.

The reason I wish to call a batch file is that it can be changed by follow workers who are not familiar with NSIS and wish to add additional tests or parts to the batch file without recompiling the installer.

This method has has worked well for several years on XP until Vista came along and started playing up. The crashing is not consistent and can vary from PC to PC. We run tests overnight on 8 XP machines which never fail and 2 Vista machines which are giving me a headache.

The batch file can also be used for tempoary changes commands like if %COMPUTERNAME%==FRED ..... which gives everyone a degree of flexability.

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21st July 2008, 22:09	#5
simulation Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 11	This particular installer is used for automated testing which clears the installed product and installs a new clean version. It then starts a couple of batch files to copy additional test files and start the application many times with different script files. The reason I wish to call a batch file is that it can be changed by follow workers who are not familiar with NSIS and wish to add additional tests or parts to the batch file without recompiling the installer. This method has has worked well for several years on XP until Vista came along and started playing up. The crashing is not consistent and can vary from PC to PC. We run tests overnight on 8 XP machines which never fail and 2 Vista machines which are giving me a headache. The batch file can also be used for tempoary changes commands like if %COMPUTERNAME%==FRED ..... which gives everyone a degree of flexability.