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this code
exec('"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"');

works fine in xampp instaled on win 7 x64, win 2008, but on win 2008 R2 dont work, i think donta have permission, how i can resolve that?

Thanks

i will not help users anymore who ignore the recommandation to install xampp in the root of a harddisc (or a subfolder of that without any whitespaces and special chars)

Maybe you want to reinstall xampp or someone else want to help you to get rid of unexpected software behavior.

My xampp are installed in root of hard disk, equal in all systens, only in win 2008 R2 exec(); dont work!

Do you have put on error_reporting?
What is the return_var of exec()?

Do you run the xampp components as administrator (rightclick option) or have you turned of the uac? Maybe this is just a permission issue. Can you try to execute a different exe not lying in your program files folder?

btw: do you escape your path with escapeshellcmd()? Maybe Windows Server 2008 R2 does have problems with the path where windows 7 64bit doesn't have.

thanks for reply

I have apache and mysql as a service and UAC off

I tried other exe on diferent folders and dont run :/