Calling exe on network drive

[GrahamL]

Hi
I am trying to call an exe on a network drive

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d = "x:\\\RequirmentsEditorInstall.exe" subprocess.run([d,                      '/silent',                      ])

When this runs I get the following

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Traceback (most recent call last):   File "C:\Azure Devops\Agents\TPG\_work\_temp\6f42d270-a33f-46f5-adb5-9ac9afd9a6c0.py", line 22, in <module>     subprocess.run([d,   File "C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 501, in run     with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:   File "C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 966, in __init__     self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,   File "C:\Program Files\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 1435, in _execute_child     hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args, FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified   ##[error]The process 'C:\Program Files\Python310\pythonw.exe' failed with exit code 1 Finishing: Produce Requirements Editor Reports

If I execute the command manually it succeeds

What am I doing wrong?

[ibreeden]

Try this:

1	d = r"x:\RequirmentsEditorInstall.exe"

[GrahamL]

Try this:

1	d = r"x:\RequirmentsEditorInstall.exe"

Unfortunately I get the same result

[ibreeden]

That is a pity. I am not sure but could it be you are executing your script with pythonW.exe? This is a version without terminal window and so without stdin, stdout and stderr. This may cause the troubles. Can you execute your script with python.exe instead?

[GrahamL]

That is a pity. I am not sure but could it be you are executing your script with pythonW.exe? This is a version without terminal window and so without stdin, stdout and stderr. This may cause the troubles. Can you execute your script with python.exe instead?

Hi
Seems the trick is to pass shell=True
Thanks for your hints