garlicnonions Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 I am trying to launch snippingtool.exe in windows 7 using ME3 activate/launch program command. when I try to browse to and select the executable file "snippingtool.exe" in the C:\Windows\System32\ directory it doesn't appear...see attached file. Its there when i navigate to it using windows explorer...what's going on ? Thanks, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rberq Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 I can reproduce the problem on my PC, which is running ME 3.9.0.1 and Windows 7. But I don't know the solution. If I type in the program name and checkmark the box "Bypass File Existence Check" in the Program Launch command, then the macro fails with "program not found" when I run the macro. ME 3.11.1.1 on Windows 10 behaves the same. Somewhere along the way, I believe Windows introduced some freaky cataloging/registering technique for executables, where they couldn't be run by the customary methods. I never did understand it and still don't, and in fact I may have dreamed it but I don't think so. Do a google search??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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