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bschwass
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

WshShell "The system cannot find the file specified"

Use of the WshShell in our test suite has suddenly stopped working and I cannot figure out why.  I have written a simple test to hone in on the error: function test() { //Don't check this in ...
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anupamchampati
Frequent Contributor
5 years ago

Just remove the " " from the dir, it is been treated as String because of that.

Just pass the dir as Para.
function test()
{
 WshShell.Exec(dir)
}

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    bschwass
    Occasional Contributor
    5 years ago

    I believe treating it as a string is the point? WshShell.Exec is meant to execute a string as a command I believe. Removing the quotes give the error that dir is not defined. Defining dir as a variable string results in the original error. 

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        sonya_m
        SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
        5 years ago

        Thank you for helping Anupam!

         

        bschwass Have this approach worked for you?