Re: PowerPro can't run DFRGUI.EXE

If you are not familiar with Sysnative processing, you should read this as background
 https://www.samlogic.net/articles/sysnative-folder-64-bit-windows.htm https://www.samlogic.net/articles/sysnative-folder-64-bit-windows.htm

 

 If you run a file in PPro that has a path starting windows directory/system32, and if PPro  cannot access the file as tested with _access(), then PPro will replace the path with the sysnative fix suggested at the link.  
 

 I don't know how general that fix is, so it is possible it works sometimes but not others.
 

 For the shortcut case posted earlier, the background is as follow: PPro uses the 64 bit program ppro64.exe to run the shortcut; so that is why they often work.  I did not, however, switch to using 64 bit run for everything because I was afraid that might break something else.
 

 PPro also can use disable redirection just for the duration of any file execution with the api described here
 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/wow64apiset/nf-wow64apiset-wow64disablewow64fsredirection https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/wow64apiset/nf-wow64apiset-wow64disablewow64fsredirection

 You can activate that disable feature with
 exec.DisableRedirect(1) 
 But in my testing some time ago it did nothing  I could see for cases I was testing then (whatever they are).
 

 That is all I know.  As I said in October, there are many mysteries in Windows that a humble Win32 programmer like me is not privy to.  You would need to consult one someone steeped in those mysteries for further info.