ShowIP cannot run local console applications

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create a new entry in Services tab in Configuration, which refers a
local console application. (i.e. whois.exe from
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897435.aspx)
2. Try to run the new command from statusbar right click menu.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected: whois.exe console window appearing with whois information about
the site, then dissapearing.
Instead: Absolutely nothing. The application doesn't run at all.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
FF 3.0.8 on XP_SP3_EN

Please provide any additional information below.

None of the console applications can be run through ShowIP, even those that
waits for user input, so this not a problem about the console application
closing right after doing its job.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rifat.ar...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2009 at 9:16

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Issue seems to be resolved with FF 3.5...

Original comment by rifat.ar...@gmail.com on 7 Jul 2009 at 1:59

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Cannot reproduce w/ 0.8.18 / Firefox 3.6b4 / WinXP. I think this was fixed in 
0.8.17
already...

Original comment by jan.ditt...@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2009 at 9:58

• Changed state: Fixed

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Looks broken again in version 0.8.19 running under Firefox 3.6 on Windows Vista
Business. Can't run any local
application, be it a console one or one with a GUI. Tried version 1rc1 too, to 
no avail.

Original comment by michal.k...@gmail.com on 28 Jan 2010 at 10:26

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Oh well, it works just fine, you just need to provide an absolute executable 
path and
use escaped backslashes (an example of a correct URL would be:
!C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\ping.exe).

Original comment by michal.k...@gmail.com on 28 Jan 2010 at 10:37