While you can use win_shell I find it is better to use win_command when it
comes to running executables, this way you don't fall prey to the shell
specific escaping, e.g. when using win_shell you usually have to do it like;
- win_shell: &"C:\Program Files\someapp\app.exe"
compared to
- win_com
You can pass win_shell a chdir in the 'args' section as well if that helps
(may not if a full path is needed).
Feel free to go back to your vendor and ask them how their automated
testing works if its such a pain to install/uninstall their product. The
only way we will get better quality instal
Appears the vendor is not storing productID in the expected path :(
ON a different tact to avoid the extra single quoting on the executable, I
tried obtaining the windows short path for the file. win_stat does not
provide it. So I ran a successful win_shell cmd as follows:
win_shell: cmd /c
HI Jordan,
Example uninstall path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\My Software\It Is Mine\myagent\uninstall.exe
The full command woudl be...
C:\Program Files (x86)\My Software\It Is Mine\myagent\uninstall.exe /S
_?=C:\Program Files (x86)\My Software\It Is Mine\myagent
I will take a look at win_package
SO the problem I have now is if I try and add args eg
win_shell: '"{{uninstall}}" /S _?="{{installloc}}"'
It fails to run it with "unable to exec C:\Program.exe" - ie the single
quote i had around the "{{uninstall}" previously have moved around the
entire command, but it now has issue with whit
OK so I go the basic command working with...
win_command: '"{{ uninstall}}"'
Now working on the extra arguments
On Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 9:32:14 AM UTC, Gareth Stockdale wrote:
>
> I have some vendor software where I am trying to uninstall (following
> their procedure) by obtaining
We would probably need some more information and not just a blank variable
called uninstall. You can omit names but keep the structure and arguments
the same so we can see what exactly is the value from the registry key. Are
you also able to share the registry path you are querying as you might
