I have this strange issue on a Windows 7 computer where the command NETDOM.EXE works fine when called directly from the command line but is not found (and can’t run) when called from a KIX script. Initially, I tried to call NETDOM from a Kix SHELL command and got this error: See first screenshot This is not possible it can’t find the command NETDOM.EXE…
So I did a few tests: 1) launch a CMD prompt as administrator 2) type netdom, works OK 3) in a kix script, test if netdom.exe can be found 4) result is Kix can’t find netdom.exe which is the same command called from the command line?? See second screenshot I don’t know what to think… Must be a Windows issue, not a Kix issue, but what is it since I can run it from the same command line OK. Sorry for the French screenshots, running Windows 7 in French...
The problem you are likely running into is kix is a 32 bit process, and you are running it on a 64bit OS. Windows (by default) redirects 32bit processes to look in %systemroot%\syswow64 instead of system32, and makes it appear as though files that are most definitely there, are not.
You have a couple of options: $RC=setoption("Wow64FileRedirection","off")
or use sysnative, ie
Code:
if exist("%systemroot%\sysnative\drivers\etc\hosts.")
"found"
else
"not found"
endif
