Ueli: crash when doing a google search

[michabbb]

i enter g?something :

seem like it has something todo with _rights_ .

os: windows 10
browser: chrome

thanks for any help

[oliverschwendener]

Where did you install ueli?

[michabbb]

the installer saved it to C:\Program Files\ueli

[oliverschwendener]

What happens if you open Command Prompt and execute the following command?

start "" "https://google.com/search?q=test"

[michabbb]

first i get this:

and the cmd shows me: Zugriff verweigert

[michabbb]

the funny thing is, i remeber the first day of using ueli, it worked. in the meantime i got a windows update and maybe chrome too, i don´t know. so it´s very strange that this stopped working.

[oliverschwendener]

Do you have a default browser defined in the Windows settings?

[michabbb]

yes i have, it looks the same: i use chrome

[oliverschwendener]

Ok never mind.

The problem seems to be on operating system level and not in ueli. You should be able to open up a web page from the command line with the command I mentioned before. This is how ueli opens up web pages with your default browser.

[oliverschwendener]

What happens if you change your default browser?

[michabbb]

when i switch to edge, it´s working. back to chrome: same error. stupid... i guess i have to google a bit 😕
btw.. same error even the cmd is started as admin.....

[oliverschwendener]

Then I guess it has something to do with your chrome installation

[michabbb]

but: this is working: explorer "http://google.com" without any problems 🤔 and even it says "explorer", the default browser is used here.

[michabbb]

don´t know if it has something todo with it:

i am using a insider build of win10: Version 1803 (Build 17692.1004)

[oliverschwendener]

Can you downgrade?

[michabbb]

@oliverschwendener guess i can, but why should i change my OS because of _THIS_ ? 😏 the next WIN update will come, insider build or not. so at the end, i cannot stay the rest of my life at an older version only because i want a search working with ueli, hopefully u understand this 😏 maybe explorer is working for you and all others, too - i don´t know - if yes, i might be worth a change - that´s up 2 you.
anyway, thank you very much taking time to debug this 🙏

[oliverschwendener]

Of course I don't expect you to stay on an old version of Windows only to be able to google with ueli:) Nevertheless I consider this issue as closed now because I suspect it only affects the insider build.

[michabbb]

@oliverschwendener do you see any problems changing

start "" "https://google.com/search?q=test"

to

explorer "https://google.com/search?q=test"

❓

[oliverschwendener]

Hmm maybe this is the proper way to open up web pages/files/folders. I think I will change this in the next release. Thank you for your research!

[oliverschwendener]

What happens if you execute following command in cmd:

start explorer "https://google.com/search?q=test"

?

[michabbb]

works 😏

[oliverschwendener]

Allright, then this is the way :)

[oliverschwendener]

@michabbb What happens if you execute this command from cmd:

powershell -Command "& {[Diagnostics.Process]::Start('https://google.com/search?q=test')}"

Do you still get this error?

[michabbb]

the issue is closed for me since a long time, I actually don't use ueli any longer for Google search, but I can try....

[michabbb]

@oliverschwendener your command is working. but anyway.. with your latest version i don´t have any problems (so far).