Windhawk setup hang when creating scheduled task

[magCmod]

Windhawk setup hang when creating scheduled task, nothing happens - has to use task manager to cancel setup

[m417z]

Does it happen every time, or did it only happen once? Are you using an antivirus?

The installer just runs the schtasks /create /tn WindhawkRunUITask /xml "<temp_extracted_files>\WindhawkRunUITask.xml" command. The file content is below. Please try running it yourself and report back what happens:

• Copy the code below to Notepad.
• Save it to WindhawkRunUITask.xml to some folder, such as your desktop.
• Open an elevated cmd window.
• Run the following command:

  schtasks /create /tn WindhawkRunUITask /xml "<path>\WindhawkRunUITask.xml"
  

Does it work? Does it hang? Is anything printed?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.3" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <URI>\WindhawkRunUITask</URI>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers />
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <GroupId>S-1-5-32-545</GroupId>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>Parallel</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
    <UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>PT0S</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>C:\Program Files\Windhawk\windhawk.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>-run-ui-as-admin</Arguments>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>

[magCmod]

Hi, I tried 3 times and it happend at the same spot every time, running the command alone in a terminal work fine though. Yes I do have Antivirus and I cannot turn it off.... :(

[m417z]

Which antivirus are you using? Maybe it's related, I don't have another idea for why it can happen. The best thing I think of is adding a flag to the installer to skip creating the scheduled task, as it's not strictly necessary.

For now, as a workaround, you can try using the portable version.

[magCmod]

Its Panda Antivirus, yes it worked to install in portable mode. But my antivirus still block it from executing, thanks anyway I try to exclude it