Unable to execute child process

[shalini1153]

I have a created a windows service using node-windows and it seems to work properly. But as soon as I have my child process call it does not execute my child process and if i switch to running it from cmd instead as a service it opens my executable.
This is nothing related to type of user as i only have one user as administrator
Below is my code

Tried using spawn
const command = 'jre-8u261-windows-x64.exe'
const bat = spawn(command, [],{
shell: true, // use to run in a shell if you need
detached: true, // important
stdio: "ignore",
});

Using exec:
const test = exec('jre-8u261-windows-x64.exe' );
Please suggest

[coreybutler]

Have you reviewed the wiki?

When it isn't permission problems, it's usually a path problem.

[shalini1153]

Yes i have reviewed your wiki and this is not a path problem because i can see my task running in background process in task manager while running it with service
But the same runs as foreground task by running the program from cmd

[shalini1153]

This issue has been reported multiple times... Please suggest something so that we can make it working

[coreybutler]

This is pretty specific to your environment, and there's not much I can do to diagnose if there's no way to recreate the problem. Perhaps you could put a gist up with your code.

"this is not a path problem because i can see my task running in background process in task manager while running it with service" - this doesn't mean the process can find your executable. It just means the daemon is running. The only thing I can think of is to try using the absolute path to the executable, i.e.

const command = 'C:\\\\path\\to\\jre-8u261-windows-x64.exe'

The double backslash will escape the path so the script is recognized as C:\\path\to\jre-8u261-windows-x64.exe.

What other issues are you referring to when you say this has been reported multiple times? This appears to be the first issue you've opened.

[shalini1153]

I tried adding absolute path This is my code now
const command = 'C:\\\\Users\\Test\\Desktop\\jre-8u261-windows-x64.exe';
const bat = spawn(command, [],{
shell: true,
detached: true,
stdio: "inherit"
});
bat.unref();
return true;

Also on further debugging i can see my task here in Task manager

And also when i did right click on task and properties. I can find my exe file on the path mentioned

Also this issue is on every windows machine which i tested

[shalini1153]

Also these were the issue which i was refering to
#55
#163
I am also facing similar issue

[darklightcode]

This issue is still present, my script opens a detached process, which behaves correct, paths are absolute, no errors in the Service logs/output nor cli. I'm using in the detached process node-notifier. When starting the script from CLI the notifications are popping up, but not when the script is run by the Service. node-notifier uses some other exe for creating windows toasts. The Toast process appears in task manager, but its not triggered as it should.

Workaround: I've opened Services > TheGeneratedService > Log On(tab) > checked This Account and used my account which is an administrator. Then I've restarted the service as prompted, and it worked as intended.

I have tried to recreate the service with svc.logOnAs.(domain|username|password) and it created the service but it was identical as without the credentials, wasn't it supposed to behave like in the "workaround" above ?

I've found a similar situation on SO which reflects this elevation issue at service level:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61971517/powershell-send-a-toast-notification-to-logged-user-when-running-as-local-syste

Maybe someone can tackle this problem.

Windows 10: 19042.804 20H2
Node: v14.15.5
node-windows: 1.0.0-beta.5