Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Farnsworth" Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Subject: Re: 64 bit Windows install difficulty Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:09:48 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <29481981.185.1331853938104.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbgx21> <158540.17.1332077036726.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbhv6> <31017545.1291.1332096428383.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbbfy7> NNTP-Posting-Host: 2zkn8lvDl69X1tm9Wtth7A.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:983 peter.lawton@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: > On Sunday, 18 March 2012 16:54:22 UTC, Farnsworth wrote: > >> Many admins disable the scripting host, so your VBS may not run. >> Better to do it in some other way. Try writing a small app using >> FreeBasic, which doesn't require dependencies: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBASIC > > That sounds interesting. If I could re-write the "wrapper" program > (install.exe) in freebasic instead of VB5 then the problem should be > solved more elegantly and reliably. > > "install.exe" shows the user a bitmap and two comand buttons on a > full screen form . The buttons start the two "setup.exe" programs. > The only other workings inside the code are to delete a few files > which may be already there from previous installs and which would > mess up the new install. > I suppose all that can be done in freebasic? First, trust me on this. I would bet it's the anti-virus program because some maleware writer included the VB dll in the same folder, and so the anti-virus program considered it a "fishy" behavior and did the user a favor by blocking the program. Like Mike William suggested, it's not the OS bitness, but the anti-virus program is to blame. Either ask the user to turn off the anti-virus program temporarily, or ask him or her what type of anti-virus program he or she is using and what edition and version, so you can duplicate the problem, but there is no guarantee that you can duplicate it even with that information. Second, it's somewhat difficult to make GUI apps with FreeBasic, but non-GUI should be easy. There are examples included when you install it.