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Suppressing the "open file" security window - 6/20/2007 5:04:11 PM

tokiwoki

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I realize that this is probably disabled in Windows for obvious reasons, but is there anyway I can get around the security warning window that pops up when I run an .exe file? I've written a script that needs to load an .exe and silently install it, which is all fine and good, except that it brings up the said window and using SendKeys doesn't seem to work on it. I thought I'd try wrapping the .exe's in msi packages, which I know nothing about beyond the concept.

Any ideas or pointers?

Thanks.

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RE: Suppressing the "open file" security window - 6/20/2007 5:56:32 PM

gdewrance

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is this windows vista?

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RE: Suppressing the "open file" security window - 6/20/2007 8:26:45 PM

tokiwoki

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Nope, it's XP.

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RE: Suppressing the "open file" security window - 6/20/2007 11:38:42 PM

RobertParker

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I've never had a security window popup when I try to run an *.exe, Can you post some code?

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RE: Suppressing the "open file" security window - 6/23/2007 4:08:06 PM

tokiwoki

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Here's a screenshot of the window.

Here's the code, which I'm running on WinXP SP2:

On Error Resume Next
         
Dim etrustBuild, etrustDriver
Dim etrustBuildThresholdFileSize, etrustDriverThresholdFileSize
Dim etrustUpdatedBuild, etrustUpdatedDriver
Dim logFilePath, cmdline, debugMode
Dim objNetwork, computerName
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'start user-modifiable settings
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'path to user's current version of the e-Trust build
etrustBuild = "C:\path\to\inotask.exe"
'path to user's current version of the e-Trust driver
etrustDriver = "C:\path\to\ino_flpy.sys"
'the file size of the latest e-Trust build
etrustBuildThresholdFileSize = 263 'in kb
'the file size of the latest e-Trust driver
etrustDriverThresholdFileSize = 27 'in kb
'path to the log file
logFilePath = "\\path\to\etrust_log.txt"
'path to the latest e-Trust build to be installed
etrustUpdatedBuild = "\\path\to\EAV71_501.exe"
'path to the latest e-Trust driver to be installed
etrustUpdatedDriver = "\[color=#0000ff]\path\to\[/color]drvupdi.exe"
'turn on/of to show/hide messages
debugMode = 0
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'end user-modifiable settings
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
computerName = objNetwork.ComputerName
set oFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(logFilePath, 8) 'open for appending
Set CommandShell = createobject("wscript.shell")
'do build stuff
Dim etrustBuildSize
etrustBuildSize = Int(oFSO.GetFile(etrustBuild).Size) / 1024
If debugMode = 1 Then Call MsgBox("current e-trust build file size is " & etrustBuildSize & "kb")
If  etrustBuildSize < etrustBuildThresholdFileSize Then
If debugMode = 1 Then Call MsgBox("you don't have the latest e-Trust build, updating...")
cmdline = chr(34) & etrustUpdatedBuild & chr(34) & " /s"
CommandShell.Run cmdline, 1, True

'do sendkeys stuff
'WScript.Sleep(4000)
'CommandShell.SendKeys "{LEFT}"
'CommandShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"

oFile.WriteLine(computerName & ": Updated e-Trust build")    
Else
oFile.WriteLine(computerName & ": Didn't update e-Trust build, was already up-to-date")     
End If
'do driver stuff
Dim etrustDriverSize
etrustDriverSize = Int(oFSO.GetFile(etrustDriver).Size) / 1024
If debugMode = 1 Then Call MsgBox("current e-trust driver file size is " & etrustDriverSize & "kb")
If etrustDriverSize < etrustDriverThresholdFileSize Then
If debugMode = 1 Then Call MsgBox("you don't have the latest e-Trust driver, updating...")
cmdline = chr(34) & etrustUpdatedDriver & chr(34) & " /S /A"
CommandShell.Run cmdline, 1, True
oFile.WriteLine(computerName & ": Updated e-Trust driver")    
Else
oFile.WriteLine(computerName & ": Didn't update e-Trust driver, was already up-to-date")     
End If
oFile.Close

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RE: Suppressing the "open file" security window - 6/24/2007 10:56:48 PM

mbouchard

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I could be wrong, but I think this is from IE. Try this code..
Put this before your call to the exe
IEZoneChecks("ENABLE")'Turns off zone check
And this after the call.
IEZoneChecks("DISABLE")'reenables zone check

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RE: Suppressing the "open file" security window - 6/24/2007 11:42:56 PM

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I have found that most .exe have options that you can use such as -q -u /norestart which is what I use for most XP patches

Go to cmd and the folder the .exe is located and type drvupdi.exe /? and it should give you a pop-up with an explanation

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RE: Suppressing the "open file" security window - 6/25/2007 4:24:37 PM

tokiwoki

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You got it, boss that did the trick! Thanks.

quote:

I have found that most .exe have options that you can use such as -q -u /norestart which is what I use for most XP patches

Yeah it's supposed to be running in silent mode, but the security window kept popping up nonetheless.

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