nircmd mediaplay: access is denied

Question

I'm trying to make a bat file that when launched will open a mediafile and close after x-number milliseconds.

mediaplay [play time] [audio file]

I'm trying to use nircmd's media play command, but it dosen't recognize it. I've tried the following codes in cmd.

C:\Users\Lind>mediaplay 10000 "C:\Users\Lind\Music\1.mp3"
'mediaplay' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
 operable program or batch file.

I've also tried this but nothing happend

C:\Users\Lind>nircmd.exe mediaplay 10000 "C:\Users\Lind>Music>1.mp3"

**************************************Update************************************

I found out that I've made a mistake in the mp3 file directory name, now it just says

C:\Users\Lind>nircmd.exe mediaplay 10000 "C:\Users\Lind>Music\1.mp3"

Access is denied.

I've tried using cmd as an adminstrator, but then nothing happens.

Your second attempt would have worked if you had used `C:\Users\Lind\Music\1.mp3` as the path instead. — SomethingDark, Dec 31 '17 at 04:10
Your path is still wrong. Change the `>` after Lind to a `\`. — SomethingDark, Dec 31 '17 at 12:09
to avoid usage of external tools to play audio files , you might want to check this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37788853/388389 — npocmaka, Dec 31 '17 at 17:56

Compo · Answer 1 · 2017-12-31T13:34:10.770

If you do not provide the location of nircmd.exe you will need to make sure that nircmd.exe resides within the current directory or a location defined under %PATH%:

Here's an example for you:

@Echo Off
Rem MediaPlay command
Set "mp="C:\Users\Lind\Utilities\NirSoft\nircmd.exe" MediaPlay"

Rem MusicFile location
Set "mf=C:\Users\Lind\Music\1.mp3"

Rem MilliSeconds
Set "ms=10000"

Rem Start it
Start "" %mp% %ms% "%mf%"

Just change the values after the = for the three Set statements as required, (but do not remove or change any of the "'s).

Note: nircmd.exe and nircmdc.exe are both flagged as potential security threats by most antivirus/antimalware programs. If you have one of those then, you'd have to see if you can make an exception for it to run from within your security software.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 31 '17 at 04:05

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In order to execute any external command (ie. any command that is not internal to cmd.exe itself), then you need to do one of the following:

Specify the precise location of the executable (eg use "c:\wherever\your\mediaplay\is located\mediaplay" in place of mediaplay (quotes required if the path or executable name contains separators like spaces))
Include the directoryname for mediaplay into the path variable. This can be done on a permanent basis by using Control Panel>System>Advanced System Settings>Advanced>Environment Variables or preferably by using a dedicated editor like Path Editor or on a temporary basis by prefixing that path; to the path variable within a batch or manually from the prompt.
Navigate to the mediaplayer directory using the three lines "pushd mediaplayerdirectoryname", "mediaplayer...", "popd" (all without the quotes)

The last method is a special case of the second which uses the windows' executable-search strategy to look for an executable first in the current directory, and then in each directory specified in the path variable in turn until the executable is found.

answered Dec 31 '17 at 04:05

Magoo

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But i think it's not internal to cmd.exe itself, mediaplay is a command from nircmd. Although really appreciate all the help. – Hans Jørgen Lind Jørgensen Dec 31 '17 at 04:09
But i found out but i've made a mistake in the mp3 file directory name, now it just says `C:\Users\Lind>nircmd.exe mediaplay 10000 "C:\Users\Lind>Music\1.mp3" Access is denied.` – Hans Jørgen Lind Jørgensen Dec 31 '17 at 04:17
no, windows makes a pop-up that says "This app can't run on your pc" – Hans Jørgen Lind Jørgensen Dec 31 '17 at 04:22
i've triad using cmd as an adminstrator, but then nothing happens – Hans Jørgen Lind Jørgensen Dec 31 '17 at 04:29
It's certainly not an internal command to `cmd`, therefore one of the three techniques I mentioned should work. `C:\Users\Lind>Music\1.mp3` is incorrect. A directory-delimiter is `\`. `>` is a redirector. The pop-up is from the operating system itself indicating that it's found the executable, but can't run it. Possibly it's too old a version and you need a new version of `nircmd.exe`. – Magoo Dec 31 '17 at 07:45

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 23 '21 at 08:00

Double check if you didn't turn the nircmd.exe file into a empty file using that command you just did. It should not be a 0kb file. I made the same mistake and turned my exe into a empty file.

Reinstall Nircmd and you should be good with the new command.

nircmd mediaplay: access is denied

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