I am trying to create an .hta application with a vbscript that will open the Windows 8 RecoveryDrive program. The script I have is as follows:
Sub Windows8Recovery
'// Open the Windows 8 / 8.1 default recovery program
Set oShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
oShell.Run "c:\windows\system32\recoverydrive.exe"
End Sub
Every time I run this I get an error msg: "The system cannot find the file specified."
Help!!!
Finally found the problem. I'm running this on a 64bit OS. Has something to do with windows File System Redirector and how it handles 32bit vs 64bit applications: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384187(VS.85). Was able to find a work-around using PowerShell. Here is the working code:
<html>
<body>
<a href='#' onclick='Windows8Recovery()'>Win 8 Default Recovery</a>
<script language="VBScript">
Sub Windows8Recovery
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
strRDPath = objShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings( "%SystemRoot%" ) & "\sysnative\RecoveryDrive.exe"
Set objShellExec = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
objShellExec.ShellExecute "powershell.exe", strRDPath, "", "runas", 1
End Sub
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Due to Updates to Windows 10 Enterprise our MS Access VBA script isn't working anymore. Everything was fine using Windwows 8.1.
Private Sub click_Click()
Dim shell As Object
Set shell = VBA.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim waitTillComplete As Boolean: waitTillComplete = True
Dim Style As Integer: Style = 2
Dim errorCode As Long
temp = "cmd.exe /k cd.."
errorCode = shell.Run(temp, Style, waitTillComplete)
End Sub
The error occurs executing the .Run and returns
"Run-time error '70': Permission denied".
Any ideas to fix or work around the problem?
So I have created a visual basic script in outlook that creates a random signature by pulling from Git.
The script works correctly but whenever I restart my machine the script doesn't run at all.
I fixed the issue by going to
"File"->"Options"->"Trust Center"->"Trust Center Settings..."->"Macro Settings"->"Enable all macros"
This let the VBA code work whenever I opened and closed Outlook but is there a better way to have the code work whenever I reopen Outlook or restart my machine.
I have tried to use
Private Sub Application_Startup()
MsgBox "Hi"
End Sub
While that code did work when I first put it in, whenever I restarted outlook it said it couldn't run because "Macros were disabled"
Here is my code for the random signature, anyway to have this work whenever I restart outlook or my machine? Or is the macro setting I edited the correct way to go?
Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
' Validate that the item sent is an email.
If Item.Class <> olMail Then Exit Sub
'These first variables is to find the file the .bat file created within the AppData folder
'Set enviro to %APPDATA%
Dim enviro As String
enviro = CStr(Environ("APPDATA"))
'Create a new variable that sets the file path for the RepoDir.txt
RepoPath = enviro & "\RepoDir.txt"
'Create a new variable to grab the line of text in RepoDir.txt
Dim RepoFilePath As String
Dim strFirstLine As String
'The new variable calls the RepoPath Variable, opens it and reads the first line of the file and copies it into a variable
RepoFilePath = RepoPath
Open RepoFilePath For Input As #1
Line Input #1, strFirstLine
Close #1
'The script runs a Shell command that opens the command line, cds to the Repo path within the str variable, does a git pull, and outputs the error level to a file in the temp directory
Shell ("cmd /c cd " & strFirstLine & " & git pull RandomSig & echo %ERRORLEVEL% > %TEMP%\gitPull.txt 2>&1")
'These second set of variables is to find the file the Shell command created within the TEMP folder
'Set enviro to %TEMP%
Dim Gitenviro As String
Gitenviro = CStr(Environ("TEMP"))
'Create a new variable that sets the file path for the RepoDir.txt
PullResult = Gitenviro & "\gitPull.txt"
'Create a new variable to grab the line of text in RepoDir.txt
Dim GitFilePath As String
Dim GitFirstLine As String
'The new variable calls the PullResult Variable, opens it and reads the first line of the file and copies it into a variable
GitFilePath = PullResult
Open GitFilePath For Input As #2
Line Input #2, GitFirstLine
Close #2
'MsgBox (GitFirstLine)
'The variable is checked to see if it does not equal 0, and if it doesn't the message is cancelled
If GitFirstLine <> 0 Then
MsgBox "There was an error when attempting to do the Git Pull, cancelling message"
Cancel = True
End If
Const SearchString = "%Random_Line%"
Dim QuotesFile As String
QuotesFile = strFirstLine & "quotes.txt"
If InStr(Item.Body, SearchString) Then
If FileOrDirExists(QuotesFile) = False Then
MsgBox ("Quotes file wasn't found! Canceling message")
Cancel = True
Else
Dim lines() As String
Dim numLines As Integer
numLines = 0
' Open the file for reading
Open QuotesFile For Input As #1
' Go over each line in the file and save it in the array + count it
Do Until EOF(1)
ReDim Preserve lines(numLines + 1)
Line Input #1, lines(numLines)
numLines = numLines + 1
Loop
Close #1
' Get the random line number
Dim randLine As Integer
randLine = Int(numLines * Rnd()) + 1
' Insert the random quote
Item.HTMLBody = Replace(Item.HTMLBody, SearchString, lines(randLine))
Item.HTMLBody = Replace(Item.HTMLBody, "%Random_Num%", randLine)
End If
End If
End Sub
Function FileOrDirExists(PathName As String)
Dim iTemp As Integer
On Error Resume Next
iTemp = GetAttr(PathName)
Select Case Err.Number
Case Is = 0
FileOrDirExists = True
Case Else
FileOrDirExists = False
End Select
On Error GoTo 0
End Function
It’s highly recommended to leave your macro security setting to only allow self-sign certificate Macros,
Do not use the Low option or run all
Create a self-signing certificate
Go to Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Digital Certificate for VBA Projects.
In the Your certificate's name box, type in name for the certificate.
Click OK. then SelfCert Success message will appears, click OK.
Go to Developer tab > click Visual Basic. or ALT+F11
In Visual Basic Editor, go to Tools > Digital Signature.
Digital Signature dialog appears and click on Choose and you’ll get a screen to select a certificate. Now you can choose the certificate you just created.
Edit
locating SelfCert.exe
Go to Start menu and typing VBA should bring up the SelfCert.exe.
Alternative method of locating SelfCert.exe
if you Can’t find it in the Start Menu? then By default you can find SelfCert.exe in the following location
Windows 32-bit
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office <version number>
Windows 64-bit with Office 32-bit
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office <version number>
Windows 64-bit with Office 64-bit
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office <version number>
Office 365 (Subscription based or Click-to-Run version of Office 2013)
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15
If SelfCert.exe is not installed
Then run Office setup and choose Add or Remove Features.
With older versions of Office you’ll need to choose Custom installation and then Advanced customization.
Expand the Office Shared Features section and select Digital Certificate for VBA Projects to run from your computer.
Simply run SelfCert.exe after locating it.
I'm trying to get excels save and open dialog boxes to open to "my computer" by default so the user can select a drive from there.
I have got the dialog boxes to open to any path on any drive or my documents etc but can't seem to find a way for it to open to my computer.
This is the code i'm using at the moment and it works fine for a known path:
MsgBox objFolders("desktop")
ChDrive objFolders("desktop")
ChDir objFolders("desktop")
strFileName = appRemoteApp.Workbooks("Export Template.xlsm").Application.GetSaveAsFilename(objFolders("desktop") & "\Replica Export " & UserName & " " & Format(Date, "yymmdd") & ".xlsm", FileFilter:="Excel Macro Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm), *.xlsm,")
Also, I have found this from this site.
If you paste ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} into windows explorers address bar it takes you to my computer but if I use this in my VBA code
ChDir "::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"
it says it cant find the directory or something. So not sure if there is a work around for this or something.
This did not work either:
ChDir "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /root,,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"
The reason i'm wanting to have the dialog boxs open to computer is that we will be hosting the excel doc on a windows server with access though RemoteApp and remote desktop. The users will not have access (rights) to the servers drives and folders etc, they will only have access to their own drives on their local machines which will be mapped and are visible under the servers "My Computer" folder for lack of a better word. The master document on the server generates a replica using VBA code and is then saved to the users local hard drive.
AFAIK there is no pure VBA solution to override the original behaviour. You can use an alternative from Robert Mearns answer but it doesn't show the windows form so it's less customizable.
Follow this answer if you want to achieve the exact effect - FileOpenDialog.
You can print all the environmental variables using the Environ$() function. This will not show any variable directly pointing to MyComputer therefore you can't pass it to the .InitialFileName property.
MyComputer is not a physical location that you can access through cmd. I think of it as an abstract Interface and it's quite difficult to explain how VBA and .InitialFileName uses a string to access a location.
Well, the only workaround the problem I can think of it's to use an external library written in for example C# that can access the MyComputer.
It's easier than it sounds!
Follow the below steps to create your Custom OpenFileDialog.
You need a Visual Studio Express For Desktop - it's free to download and use.
After installation - run as Administrator! (it's necessary for the libraries to get registered)
Select File and New Project. Rename it to CustomOFD and and hit the OK.
Right-click the CustomOFD Project in the Solution Explorer and Select Add References
Add references to the System.Windows.Forms as shown in the below img
Right-click Class1.cs in the Solution Explorer and rename it to CustomOFD.cs.
Double click your CustomOFD and replace the code with the one from below
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace CustomOpenFileDialog
{
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsDual),
Guid("541EDD34-4CDC-4991-82E9-6FC23F904B5B")]
public interface ICustomOFD
{
DialogResult ShowDialog();
string FileName();
}
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
[Guid("E33102F0-B3C0-441C-8E7A-B9D4155A0D91")]
public class CustomOFD : ICustomOFD
{
private OpenFileDialog box = new OpenFileDialog();
public CustomOFD()
{
box.Multiselect = false;
box.Title = "Select file";
box.InitialDirectory = "::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}";
}
public DialogResult ShowDialog()
{
return box.ShowDialog();
}
public string FileName()
{
return box.FileName;
}
}
}
Note: you can generate a new GUID for your own class using the Tools => Create GUID and replace it with your own, if you wanted to...
Right-click the CustomFileOpenDialog in the Solution Explorer and select Properties
In the Properties window go to Application tab and click Assembly Info and tick the Make COM-Visible box
Then go to the Build tab and tick Register for COM interop
Right-click the project and select Build from the menu
Now look in the Output tab as it shows you where the library was compiled to
usually its
c:\users\administrator\documents\visual studio 2012\Projects\CustomOpenFileDialog\CustomOpenFileDialog\bin\Debug\CustomOpenFileDialog.dll
Ok. Now save and close VS.
Open Excel and go into VBE ALT+F11 and insert a standard module
Click Tools on the menu bar and select References
Click the Browse button and navigate to the CustomOpenFileDialog.tlb file and click OK add to the list of references
Copy paste the code for module
Option Explicit
Sub Main()
Dim ofd As New CustomOFD
Set ofd = New CustomOFD
ofd.ShowDialog
Debug.Print ofd.Filename
End Sub
finally, run the sub and enjoy the computer as the default location for the customized OpenFileDialog box!
I cannot see a way to use the GetSaveAsFilename or similar dialogs to open on Computer or My Computer.
It is possible to prompt the user to select a folder using VB Script.
The root displayed is Computer and the user can select a folder.
The file can then be saved to the selected folder programatically.
Sub Test()
MsgBox BrowseForFolder(MyComputer)
End Sub
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ee176604.aspx
Function MyComputer() As Variant
Dim objShell As Object, objFolder As Object
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(&H11&)
MyComputer = objFolder.self.Path
Set objShell = Nothing
Set objFolder = Nothing
End Function
http://www.vbaexpress.com/kb/getarticle.php?kb_id=405
Function BrowseForFolder(Optional OpenAt As Variant) As Variant
Dim ShellApp As Object
Set ShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application"). _
BrowseForFolder(0, "Please choose a folder", 0, OpenAt)
On Error Resume Next
BrowseForFolder = ShellApp.self.Path
On Error GoTo 0
Set ShellApp = Nothing
End Function
.InitialFileName = "Computer"
Works for me with FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
Tested on Windows Vista - Excel 2007
After recently upgrading from Excel 2010 to Excel 2013, I moved a custom add-in (.xlam) to the new Application.LibraryPath directory (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\Library\BTRTools). There is a bit of code that launches an executable (exe) file (located in sub directory of the add-in). However, since the upgrade/move, I am not getting an error:
PrettyPrintXml.exe - Application Error
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.
I'm obviously pretty convinced it is file permissions. I have explicitly added myself permissions with full rights to the \Library folder (and all subs). Note that I think I had to do this even with Excel 2010 (folder at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Library) to make things work.
However, after all this, I'm still stuck and can not launch the exe file. Any ideas/suggestions on how to make this work?
Code is pretty standard:
Public Sub RunShellExecute(sFile As String, Optional params As String = "", Optional wait As Boolean = False)
Dim wsh As Object: Set wsh = VBA.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim waitOnReturn As Boolean: waitOnReturn = wait
Dim windowStyle As Integer: windowStyle = 1
Dim exe As String: exe = IIf(Left(sFile, 1) <> """", """" & sFile & """", sFile)
Dim exeParams As String: exeParams = IIf(params <> "", " " & params, "")
Dim errorCode As Integer: errorCode = wsh.Run(exe & exeParams, windowStyle, waitOnReturn)
If errorCode = 0 Then
'// MsgBox "Done! No error to report."
Else
MsgBox "Program exited with error code " & errorCode & "."
End If
End Sub
I know your question is "Why doesn't this work", but I thought you might be interested in an alternate solution: There is a native VBA PrettyPrintXML. You need to add a reference to the MSXML library in your VBA project by clicking "Tools" ---> "References..." and then check the box next to Microsoft XML, v6.0 (or whatever version is included with your version of Office/Windows).
Please change the title of your question, because Excel VBA is able to use WScript.Shell.Run, otherwise you wouldn't be getting your error.
As for the actual issue, this looks like a 32-bit / 64-bit problem. Investigate whether the program you're calling is appropriate for your system and whether it tries to load the right DLLs.
The problem is not file permissions, then you would get a different status code.
You should use a path without spaces in it, something simple like 'C:\BTRTools'. Then it should work.
When I click on "help and support" in the windows 7 start menu, the helpPane.exe program runs. But when I run helpPane.exe, nothing happens. Any ideas?
You could try this, It probably will work!
Dim appData As String = GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)
Dim helpSupportPath As String = appData & "\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Maintenance\Help.lnk"
Process.Start(helpSupportPath)