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Re: Running an EXE from a file explorer on Symbian 9 device

rameshrajan — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:37:21 +0100

i need file explorer for symbian but i cant download it. please send to my id.

Re: Running an EXE from a file explorer on Symbian 9 device

JohnSmith246 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:15:19 +0200

I've tried to do it,
it worked, but after the exe terminates, I pressed back and got EIKON_LISTBOX 5 panic.
do you know what it is?

Running an EXE from a file explorer on Symbian 9 device

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:15:07 +0200

How can start the exe in emulator

Running an EXE from a file explorer on Symbian 9 device

Tom — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:54:34 +0200

Bottom line here is that although the behavior is weird indeed the platform security is not compromised and the launched binary is the one trusted by the system.

Running an EXE from a file explorer on Symbian 9 device

eric — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:58:39 +0100

To CSaba: I have checked the source code of SysExplorer: it starts the EXE giving the full path, so there is a check within the OS which changes the path.

To Srikanth: I didn't say it didn't work with built-in application. I said the built-in file explorer couldn't launch an EXE using this indireciton. It may have some checks we don't implement or use another launching method. You can probably launch built-in application like this... if you know their executable name which is not public.

Running an EXE from a file explorer on Symbian 9 device

Srikanth — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:43:59 +0100

Agree to some extent. But if what you are saying is true why it doesnt work with built in apps?

Running an EXE from a file explorer on Symbian 9 device

Csaba — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:48:07 +0100

I think the reason behind this is the following: the file explorer you are using does not specify the path of the executable, so the RProcess::Create will try to locate your executable based only on its name, and it will search for it in the sys/bin directories.

S60 3rd SDK help says about RProcess::Create: "If no path is specified, the system will look in \System\Programs on all drives, in the usual search order. " (Please note: the SDK help is not updated, so \system\programs is written instead of sys\bin.)

Running an EXE from a file explorer on Symbian 9 device

eric — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:09:48 +0100

All EXE files on a Symbian 9 device shall be located in "/sys/bin", which in most of the case not accessible from a File Explorer. There is however a nice side effect which would allow you to start your EXE file using a File Explorer on a S60 3rd Edition device.