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opening an exe from Program Files directory in windows
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Hi All,
I need to open a exe from python. For ex i used
but I need to open an exe from the "Program Files" directory. I get an error because of the space between "Program" and "Files".
Anybody has the solution. It must be simple but I am not able to get it
I need to open a exe from python. For ex i used
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but I need to open an exe from the "Program Files" directory. I get an error because of the space between "Program" and "Files".
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Anybody has the solution. It must be simple but I am not able to get it
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Originally Posted by pysup 
Hi All,
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Anybody has the solution. It must be simple but I am not able to get it
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I tried
I get the same error
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I get the same error
try:
Im not sure if defining it as a raw variable would work but its worth a shot
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Maybe
might be silly, but who knows...
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It's not possible that you don't actually have Winamp in Program Files? You said that you tested with C:\Winamp\Winamp.exe which worked?
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Originally Posted by ryuslash
It's not possible that you don't actually have Winamp in Program Files? You said that you tested with C:\Winamp\Winamp.exe which worked?
If it were not present then the error would be "The System cannot find the path specified"
but I get an error 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command.
Maybe i should reinstall my program out of program files folder but i want to do it as a last resort
Last edited by pysup; Sep 29th, 2009 at 9:12 am. Reason: missed detail
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Thought so
It took a bit of playing around, but think I've found a workaround for this....
I noticed in the docs for os.system() (Yes I RTFM!) it mentions that the subprocess.call() should be used instead.
So I had a go with subprocess.call() but I soon ran into very similar problems, it still didn't like the spaces in the path.
After a bit of playing around and using a bit of lateral thinking I decided to try using subprocess.call() to call 'cmd.exe' passing it the path to a program in 'Program Files' as a parameter.
Now, I don't have winamp installed on my pc, so I decided to try and fire up Audacity using the following code:
And you know what?? It bloody works!
After that, I decided to try using os.system in exactly the same way (use it to fire up cmd.exe with the path to Audacity as a parameter):
Guess what??
That worked too!
Woot woot!
You'll get a little cmd window that will pop-up alongside whatever program you fire up, but it will disappear when you close the program down again.
So, all you need to do is copy one of the bits of code posted above and then replace my path to Audacity with the path to your installation of Winamp!
Hope that solves your problem.
Cheers for now,
Jas.
I noticed in the docs for os.system() (Yes I RTFM!) it mentions that the subprocess.call() should be used instead.
So I had a go with subprocess.call() but I soon ran into very similar problems, it still didn't like the spaces in the path.
After a bit of playing around and using a bit of lateral thinking I decided to try using subprocess.call() to call 'cmd.exe' passing it the path to a program in 'Program Files' as a parameter.
Now, I don't have winamp installed on my pc, so I decided to try and fire up Audacity using the following code:
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And you know what?? It bloody works!
After that, I decided to try using os.system in exactly the same way (use it to fire up cmd.exe with the path to Audacity as a parameter):
PYTHON Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
That worked too!
Woot woot!
You'll get a little cmd window that will pop-up alongside whatever program you fire up, but it will disappear when you close the program down again.
So, all you need to do is copy one of the bits of code posted above and then replace my path to Audacity with the path to your installation of Winamp!
Hope that solves your problem.
Cheers for now,
Jas.
Last edited by JasonHippy; Sep 29th, 2009 at 9:32 am. Reason: smelling pistakes!
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