system exec not running copy command

[LVCoder]

zou,

I tried using a batch file but I get the same error that the file doesn't exist if I run the batch file using system exec.vi. If I double click the batch file in windows explorer then the command executes successfully and the file gets copied to the destination folder.

mikereporter,

If I use labview path control and use the browse path to system32 folder then I don't see query.exe(the file that I want to copy) in the results.

[billko]

---

@LVCoder wrote:

zou,

I tried using a batch file but I get the same error that the file doesn't exist if I run the batch file using system exec.vi. If I double click the batch file in windows explorer then the command executes successfully and the file gets copied to the destination folder.

mikereporter,

If I use labview path control and use the browse path to system32 folder then I don't see query.exe(the file that I want to copy) in the results.

---

I wonder if this has anything to do with UAC?  I know LabVIEW has problems sometimes with UAC on at any level.

[tst · Accepted solution]

My guess would be that your Windows is 64 bit and your LV is 32 bit and you're getting redirected. See here for a similar recent discussion with more details - https://lavag.org/topic/19387-system-directory-hidden-from-labview-not-really-a-labview-problem/

[LVCoder]

Thanks tst! that exactly was the issue.

[billko]

---

@tst wrote:

My guess would be that your Windows is 64 bit and your LV is 32 bit and you're getting redirected. See here for a similar recent discussion with more details - https://lavag.org/topic/19387-system-directory-hidden-from-labview-not-really-a-labview-problem/

---

Wow, I knew you could trip over this issue with the registry - I didn't realize it applied to the system32 directory, too!