🔒 how to fix script Please ?

[modest kiln]

in virtual box no work

[drowsy hare]

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[lunar crown]

• system32 first of all is a protected folder, meaning windows will NOT let you delete it
• You forgot to put double backslashes, since a backslash is a special escape character in python
• the == operator is for comparing 2 conditions/values, but you're using it for assigning a value
• the input function is where your Type 1 or 2 should go, since at the moment you're just using the function object
• You have to use colons when you're doing stuff like an if statement, for loops and such
• elif can't be used when there's only that elif, you should make the choose == 1 elif into an if statement, since elif literally means else if
• Indentation, you have to use indentation when you're inside the "scope" of an if statment or a statement that includes colons, because indentation is what python uses to tell what to run in a control flow (basically if and else statements)

also i'm pretty sure system32 is a folder, not a binary

[lunar crown]

@modest kiln for further help threads, you should use this, at the moment you're missing the Explain part of the embed

[simple smelt]

1. There is no If statement
2. Admin permissions neccessary

Also, what you've planned doesnt work, the normal user/admin user does not have TrustedInstaller permissions.

[lunar crown]

getting TrustedInstaller permissions requires some prerequisite setup

[simple smelt]

correct, you cannot just "give" yourself the permissions.

You'd need to change the File Ownership, etc. would not recommend doing that though.

[lunar crown]

I would explain this deeper, but it would be better learned by doing sample projects/examples for yourself and learning how python works before starting

[simple smelt]

Yeah, not that much into Windows anyway, just wanted to give some context I actually didnt read the whole convo your message seemed like a bot Message 😂

[lunar crown]

lmao yeah i see how somebody would mistake that

[simple smelt]

😂

[normal hedge]

You should use "raw strings" for Windows paths. i.e. r'C:\.....'
This is because the backslash \ is interpreted by Python, for example \n means a newline character.
These are not interpreted in raw strings, so you should use the leading r' so that the backslashes in Windows paths are preserved intact.

[cerulean linden]

the only problem is with trailing \

[normal hedge]

Code inside an if-statement should be indented:

if this:
    print("this!")
elif that:
    print("that!")
else:
    print("neither")

[cerulean linden]

which can be resolved by just doing / instead

[normal hedge]

Um, Yes. But do they need it?

[cerulean linden]

well, they did put a trailing \

[normal hedge]

In Windows these days, yes. Happy days indeed.

[lunar crown]

they go into a system32.exe binary which would immediately error out

[normal hedge]

My question remains 🙂

Did @modest kiln ever come back?

[cerulean linden]

pretty sure it was just a troll post

[simple smelt]

Whenever I work on Windows dirs I would write the paths as follows: path = "C:\\Users\\MyUser\\Desktop\\System32.exe"

[normal hedge]

Gets cumbersome.

Anyway, your call.

[simple smelt]

where there is defenitly Libs that can perform this operation better since Static Paths are not always good but I think for his example it makes sense.

[drowsy hare]

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