Issue related to wbExec

UnknownUser

Hi.

On my win xp system inside command prompt Im getting the weird error message when I press button ''Run'' in software which is being made in PHP. I open it without any error message but once I clicked Run, the error occurs. The message is:

PHP Warning: wbExec: Could not run application C:\path1\filename1.phpw in C:\path1\filename2.php

On my other computer, exactly the same code works with no problem - the message is NOT shown.

Checked malware and registry already but doesn't help.

Anyone? 😕

UnknownUser

anyone?

NogDog

As best I can tell from some googling, it may be the WBExec DLL file that is part of Stardock WindowBlinds. If you have installed WindowBlinds on your PC, you might want to disable it or uninstall it to see if that makes a difference. Otherwise I have no idea what it means.

UnknownUser

I uninstalled Stardock folder. Nowhere inside it, not even on the rest of hard drive, said ''windowblinds''. I still decided to uninstall it but didn't help. I still get, inside cmd, the same message. Could you connect to my computer via teamviewer if it wouldn't take too much time for you?

UnknownUser

Why is nobody answering here? I have waited for a while now 😕

NogDog

UnknownUser;10978518 wrote:
Why is nobody answering here? I have waited for a while now 😕

Probably because nobody has an answer.

UnknownUser

NogDog;10978526 wrote:
Probably because nobody has an answer.

What should I do then? Do you have any suggestion?

NogDog

Grab your Windows install disk and do a "Repair Installation" (or whatever it's called)? But I don't know if that would actually make a difference or not -- just that it might be worth a try if nothing else comes up. Your error is not anything I've run into before, but sounds more like a Windows issue than a PHP issue, and I'm much closer to being a PHP expert than I am a Windows expert.

big_nerd

UnknownUser wrote:
What should I do then? Do you have any suggestion?

Without seeing how PHP is attempting to execute the command or "Run" from the PHP application it's hard to decipher what is wrong.

Windows application development weather run through a PHP Interpreter (such as qtphp or the like) still imports DLL's for functionality.

There are many cases and you should review the minimum requirements, and any known issues by the person(s) or company that developed the software you are using "Run" on.

Some key tips may be:

What version of Dot Net libraries do you have installed?
Have you tried using another machine with a vanilla windows install?
What other supporting libraries are used, and do they require registration of the DLL's?

If you want to try a vanilla windows install Microsoft has Microsoft Virtual PC for free download to users with Genuine Windows, along with installations of Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista that are intended for testing various operating systems and browsers.

You can find these OS downloads here.

Please carefully read the terms of service & conditions of use to ensure your intended application falls within the realm of the accepted use & licensing that Microsoft is granting.

It's also noteworthy that these are time limited trials that end at a specific date.

I would also like to note that wbExec seems (at a glance) to be something to use the web browser to execute a command.

That is either internal to the PHP application or interpreter, or library created, or is a part of a DLL that has to do with your operating system.

Since this is not core PHP functionality this isn't a forum where you will readily find local development experts, since PHP is intended as a Web language.

Steps:

Find the original developer(s) or companies to see if there are known issues
Try on a vanilla install, no updates, additional software, or upgrades
Post some code for us to see**

** If this code is commercial or otherwise licensing does not allow it to be publicly displayed, do not display it, nor distribute it anywhere else.

UnknownUser

big.nerd thank you for your reply. As NogDog said, the error message occurs because of issue with Windows (because on another computer, the same code doesn't show the error) and not really with PHP but it is related to PHP code and thats why I opened the topic. Software is being created, so far its around 20-30% finished, even if I could do the testing on the computer where the code doesn't show the error, I still want to fix this error on another computer. You asked me about ''Dot Net'' All I have on hard drive related to php programming is EditPlus3. I don't have any other software within the php code could be created. So no libraries. Also tried to search for ''vanilla'' keyword on both computers. On neither of them is found anything.

Several times I used to get windows genuine (you mentoined this in your post) serial request message already, therefore I probably cannot install ''vanilla'' software. Windows like that came installed when I bought computers - long time ago.

I already tried to ask my rented coder, who is creating the software for me, about this issue. He was working on it, of course via remote dekstoping on my computer but nothing has been found. Also he is reponsible for the code and not for my xp system. The fact that the code works (from the point of view that the mentoined error message is not shown) on another computer says that its probably not the problem with it. I also have to say that XP's service packs are different. On the computer where the code is NOT shown, is sp2, on the one, where the code is shown is sp3 but I doubt this could be the cause for error occuring because this exact error message hasn't been shown on computer with sp3 on older versions of software. However I don't have older versions anymore. Because when I get new one, I delete the old one.

big.nerd you asked me about the code. The code is not for public use. However I could PM you the downloading link () so you can take a look but I wouldn't want to bother for this because the change of fixing the issue through the code is negligible - as I mentoined, the issue is probably not in the code. Bigger sense would be if you or anyone else would be willing to connect to my computer via free, ''no-need-to-deal-with-ports-opening'' software called Teamviewer for remote dekstoping (). If you have time, I would please if you can take a look. However in both cases (, ) I have to get your permission / word first before I PM you with downloading link / ID, password for teamviewer.