Why does popen crash eventghost

[jbworks]

First off, I know nothing about python, so please accept my apologies if this is a stupid question, but I am a bit stumped.

What is wrong with this code?

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import os
os.system("taskkill /im squeezeplay.exe /f")
os.popen('"C:\Program Files\Squeezebox\SqueezePlay\squeezeplay.exe"')

EventGhost locks up as soon as popen is run. The script works but it crashes eventghost

[Pako]

I do not know what it is squeezeplay.exe.
However, I see a bug.
Maybe that way it could work:

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import os
os.system("taskkill /im squeezeplay.exe /f")
os.popen("C:\Program Files\Squeezebox\SqueezePlay\squeezeplay.exe")

Pako

[jbworks]

Unless I'm mistaken I have to use the single quote because the path name has a space in it. Without the quote yields the path not being found.

[Pako]

Without the quote yields the path not being found.

Yes, of course. That I should have known. I'm sorry.
But it might help to use eg.plugins.System.Execute:

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import os
os.system("taskkill /im squeezeplay.exe /f")
eg.plugins.System.Execute(u'C:\\Program Files\\Squeezebox\\SqueezePlay\\squeezeplay.exe', u'', 0, False, 2, u'', False)

Pako

[eatmeimadanish]

Do not use os, instead use
import subprocess
subprocess.popen ("taskkill /im squeezeplay.exe /f")

But I agree with Pako, use the eg.plugins.system.execute. To make it easy, just configure the "Start Application" action and cut n paste it into your code, and remove the XML tags and data.