Starting a 64bit program from a 32bit .HTA?
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From: HAL07 on 17 Dec 2009 10:08 I've created a program that starts remote assistance (msra.exe) from Windows Vista/7. We use it alot in the IT-department. The program is just a normal vbscript, but wrapped into a .HTA file for some GUI (buttons etc), so it's still a Vbscript. The problems came when people installed Windows 7 x64. The HTA still runs as 32bit. But when they try starting msra.exe they get the error: C:\windows\system32\msra.exe The network is not present or not started. Well I guess it's too much to ask for a separate 32bit-version of msra in windows x64. but is there a way to start a 64bit program from a 32bit HTA? -- -- HAL07, Engineering Services, Norway
From: mayayana on 17 Dec 2009 10:21 > Well I guess it's too much to ask for a separate 32bit-version of msra in windows x64. but is there a way to start a 64bit program > from a 32bit HTA? > Someone else might come up with a more well- informed answer, but one thought is to check to make sure there isn't a 32-bit version. Many of the core Windows programs xists as both. Win64 is really sort of like 2 OSs put together. If a 32-bit version exists it should be in the (bizarrely named) SysWOW64 folder.
From: "Dave "Crash" Dummy" on 17 Dec 2009 13:44 HAL07 wrote: > I've created a program that starts remote assistance (msra.exe) from > Windows Vista/7. We use it alot in the IT-department. > The program is just a normal vbscript, but wrapped into a .HTA file for > some GUI (buttons etc), so it's still a Vbscript. > > The problems came when people installed Windows 7 x64. The HTA still > runs as 32bit. But when they try starting msra.exe they get the error: > C:\windows\system32\msra.exe The network is not present or not started. > > Well I guess it's too much to ask for a separate 32bit-version of msra > in windows x64. but is there a way to start a 64bit program from a 32bit > HTA? Are you using the 32 bit build of IE to open the HTA file? -- Crash "When you want to fool the world, tell the truth." ~ Otto von Bismarck ~
From: HAL07 on 18 Dec 2009 03:08 Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote: > HAL07 wrote: >> I've created a program that starts remote assistance (msra.exe) from >> Windows Vista/7. We use it alot in the IT-department. >> The program is just a normal vbscript, but wrapped into a .HTA file >> for some GUI (buttons etc), so it's still a Vbscript. >> >> The problems came when people installed Windows 7 x64. The HTA still >> runs as 32bit. But when they try starting msra.exe they get the error: >> C:\windows\system32\msra.exe The network is not present or not >> started. >> >> Well I guess it's too much to ask for a separate 32bit-version of msra >> in windows x64. but is there a way to start a 64bit program from a >> 32bit HTA? > > Are you using the 32 bit build of IE to open the HTA file? > yes i guess. not sure how that works. but i cannot make changes to my local computer settings, as this program is ran by many others. -- -- HAL07, Engineering Services, Norway
From: HAL07 on 18 Dec 2009 03:16
mayayana wrote: >> Well I guess it's too much to ask for a separate 32bit-version of msra in > windows x64. but is there a way to start a 64bit program >> from a 32bit HTA? >> > > Someone else might come up with a more well- > informed answer, but one thought is to check to > make sure there isn't a 32-bit version. Many of the > core Windows programs xists as both. Win64 is > really sort of like 2 OSs put together. If a 32-bit > version exists it should be in the (bizarrely named) > SysWOW64 folder. I think MSRA needs firewall exception as well, so then you need a separate exception for the 32bit version, as well as all dll's required registered. not sure if that is possible since i then have to manually configure a lot of computers. -- -- HAL07, Engineering Services, Norway |