Windows ERROR when I run "C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe" from XBMC

theColonel26 · 2012-08-17 22:59

"C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe"
I want to run this command from the main menu. I already have the skin modded to do this, the problem is that when I click on the menu item and run it i get an error saying windows can't find it. This makes no sense at all to me since I can run the exact same command from a console windows (cmd.exe) and it runs find. I can run it from a batch and it runs fine. the problem seems to have to do with XBMC.

The reason I want to do this is because I run XBMC as the shell for one of my user accounts on the computer and I want a way to easily switch users. tsdiscon.exe disconnects the session which leaves the user log in but send you back to the switch user screen.

I have tried the following

Code:

<onclick>System.Exec(""C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe"")</onclick>

<onclick>System.Exec("C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe")</onclick>

<onclick>System.Exec(""D:\Program Files\tsdiscon.bat"")</onclick>

tsdiscon.bat contains

Code:

START "Switch User" "C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe"

theColonel26 · 2012-08-19 20:37

*Bump*

**artrafael** · 2012-08-19 21:09

How about:

Code:

<onclick>System.Exec(C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe)</onclick>

**Montellese** · 2012-08-19 23:23

Try escaping the backspaces in the path with a backspace i.e.

Code:

C:\\Windows\\System32\\tsdiscon.exe

theColonel26 · 2012-08-20 00:29

Thanks guys, I tried both of your suggestions but they didn't work. I finally figured it out. It must have been a permission problem. I tried lunching notepad which is in the same directory and that worked fine. So then I gave read & execute permission to the user account for XBMC on tsdiscon.exe and it worked. I do most of my testing in a different user account, when I tested it in the XBMC account I must have already been elevated, so it worked form the console, but not XBMC.

binBD · 2012-10-24 13:34

xbmc is not going to pick up the back slash when specifying a directory, use the foward slash instead of

<onclick>System.Exec(""D:\Program Files\tsdiscon.bat"")</onclick>
use
<onclick>System.Exec(""D:/Program Files/tsdiscon.bat"")</onclick>
worked for me

theColonel26 Junior Member Posts: 22 Joined: Oct 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-08-19 20:37 Post: #2 Bump
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artrafael Team-XBMC Forum Moderator Posts: 4,424 Joined: Jul 2010 Reputation: 78 Location: USA	2012-08-19 21:09 Post: #3 How about: Code: `<onclick>System.Exec(C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe)</onclick>`
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Montellese Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,789 Joined: Jan 2009 Reputation: 20 Location: Switzerland	2012-08-19 23:23 Post: #4 Try escaping the backspaces in the path with a backspace i.e. Code: `C:\\Windows\\System32\\tsdiscon.exe` Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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binBD Senior Member Posts: 199 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 3 Location: illinois	2012-10-24 13:34 Post: #6 xbmc is not going to pick up the back slash when specifying a directory, use the foward slash instead of <onclick>System.Exec(""D:\Program Files\tsdiscon.bat"")</onclick> use <onclick>System.Exec(""D:/Program Files/tsdiscon.bat"")</onclick> worked for me
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