Can't scan iexplore.exe (IE8)

[Hatteland]

I have some strange behavior on my sweeper (v 3.5.1 freeware) When checking servers for the version of the iexplore.exe executable this only works on servers with IE6 and IE7, and not IE8 (path; “%programfiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”)
I get all records with version of the iexsplore.exe executable from all other servers than those with Internet Explorer 8 installed. It really makes no sense…
All other executables using similar paths works on all servers.

[Hatteland]

Changed the value in the "tblFileVersions" table to 60, and it's all OK now 🙂
Thank's a lot for helping me with this problem. The LanSweeper is a great tool for querying and managing server info.

Cheers...

[Hemoco]

Hatteland wrote:
The LanSweeper is a great tool for querying and managing server info.

Spread the word...

[Hatteland]

FileMon shows that the LSclient.exe process querys the iexplore.exe file without problems. Ran a local check using a .vbs with a WMI query
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strComputer = "."

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from CIM_Datafile Where Name = 'm:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe'")

For Each objFile in colFiles
Wscript.Echo objFile.Version
Next
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This shows the file version to be; "8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339)"

Could it be that the returned value is to long? 53 characters

[Hemoco]

Hatteland wrote:
Could it be that the returned value is to long? 53 characters

That's it, fileversion is set to 50 characters

You can manually change this in the database without a problem.

[Hatteland]

1) I'll check what's going on with the Process monitor
2) Other files (.exe/.dll) works under the same variable on all systems.

[Hemoco]

We tested and cannot reproduce the problem.

I'm thinking of 2 things:

1) security problem, you can check whith process monitor from microsoft/sysinternals what's going on.
2) the system reads the remote variable %programfiles% and this fails because of security problems.

Are you able to scan other files in %programfiles% or anywhere else on the disk

[Hatteland]

On all servers with IE8, no info about the file. The info doesn't get regstered in the DB table. Local check (right click, file info) shows just the normal data and version (8.0.6001.18702) Paths are OK

[Hemoco]

Do you have this problem on all IE8 computers or only on some?
Is the file found but no information, or is the file not found?