msinfo32 won't run in NSIS under Windows XP

Question

The following NSIS line refuses to run for some reason (returns immediately) under Windows XP:

  ExecWait ' "$PROGRAMFILES\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32" /report "$DESKTOP\msinfo.log" '

If I run msinfo32 in the command line, it runs properly:

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin> "%PROGRAMFILES%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32" /report "%APPDATA%\..\Desktop\msinfo.log"

Why?

And how do I make it work?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '11 at 19:16

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Remove spaces after single quotes and add .exe for msinfo. Worked for me.

answered Jan 04 '11 at 19:16

sha

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '11 at 19:25

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ExecWait '"$COMMONFILES\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32" /report "$temp\msinfo.log"'

Like sha says, remove whitespace, and you should be using the $COMMONFILES[32/64] constant, not $PROGRAMFILES

answered Jan 04 '11 at 19:25

Anders

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