dokanctl.exe doesn't write to STDOUT. Output can't be read. about dokany HOT 11 CLOSED

That's probably because your command prompt is not executed with administrator rights. That's how Windows work with UAC... not really user friendly I agree.
You should run CMD with administrator rights before running dokanctl exe file.

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Thanks - perhaps it could say this via STDOUT if the user doesn't have admin rights?

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Windows launch a popup asking you the admin rights 😄
It is your UAC configuration that have disable it.

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@Liryna I granted the permissions on the UAC popup. It seems that there is a STDOUT redirection going on when cmd.exe isn't run as Admin... and no message to tell the user to run it as such

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it is not a redirection.
Windows start dokanct.exe in another shell with admin rights and close it after the run.

It mean dokanct.exe never was launched, even not a part in your user cmd.

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Gotcha.

So does the UAC happen because of magic flags on the .exe file, or does the .exe request the UAC priviledges?

Because if it's the latter, it would make sense to do the argument checking / usage before the UAC.

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It's in the embedded manifest. Otherwise, yes, it could not ask for for permissions, so if you run it from a non-admin cmd.exe it would print normally. But the permissions are raised before the main function is run, so this can't be done. I have shortcut to run a cmd.exe as administrator, because sooner or later I face this problem, not only with dokanctl.exe.

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"it could not ask for permissions" -> "it could not ask for permissions for printing the version or the usage", I meant. :)

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If the option STDOUT is passed, the message "Press any key to continue..." should be shown and this way the problem is solved.

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Yeah, I remember the first C tutorials I saw that all ended with a getchar() or system("PAUSE") to have that effect. It's ugly, but it could work too. :-)

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It is a cool idea guys but there is not STDOUT option ☺️
dokanctl always write in stdout.

There is two possibility:

• add an option to wait before quit getchar() or system("PAUSE") (like @suy say ❤️ )
• use a very simple bat script like:

call dokanctl /v
pause

I think the second option is more simple and let dokanctl more clean.

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