ISAPI mode.  IIS 5.1 

safe_mode_exec_dir = C:\\Inetpub\cgi-bin\

<?php
exec("myprog.exe");
?>

Calls to exec system with {safe mode = On} result in an extra "/" being
prepended to the executable file's name:

Warning: Unable to fork [C:\\\\Inetpub\cgi-bin\\/myprog.exe] in
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.php4


(the fork error results from other issues, but notice the /myprog.exe)

YOu're messing with backslashes and slashes. Try setting the safe_mode_exec_dir to something like c:/inetpub/cgi-bin
Does it work now?

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Reopening on user request: it doesn't work, even with forward slashes 

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip

I am running Win2K with PHP 4.2.1 and I am experiencing this same type of problem. Hopefully I can provide a little more feedback.

safe_mode = On
safe_mode_exec_dir = "D:\web\test\"

Here's what I've got. I've tried with frontslashes no trailing slash, you name it, I've tried it. No exec() or system(), etc. statement will work from this directory (or any other directory for that matter while safe_mode is on).

If I take off safe_mode, everything is fine (obviously).

I can provide more info if necessary. Please feel free to e-mail.

By the way, this is being used as a module for Apache.

Just curious, are you guys really running a shared server on Windows?  Because safe_mode makes very little sense in a non-shared environment.

My host is running safe mode, and so I need to figure out how to tell them to give my directory access to exec()

I would rather not run safe_mode at all.

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change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you.

Same problem, tested on Win2K and Win XP.

was having the same problem.  found that you have to use the entire path to you executable:
safe_mode_exec_dir = "C:\php\exec"

<?php
exec("C:\php\exec\myprog.exe");
?>

works for me CLI