Start a video and execute jobs in the background

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Does anyone have any experience/ideas on how to start a video playing on the desktop? I have tried this as the script:

run “C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe” “C:\temp\OverView.mp4”

Log file indicates everything ran ok, but the video never popped.

We are running some scripts that take 10-15 minutes. I would like to “pop” a video with instructions, next steps and expectations as the script runs in the background.

Thank you

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By default, BigFix will run as local system and hide dialogs (such as your video).

Checkout the override options in your action script.
https://developer.bigfix.com/action-script/reference/execution/override.html

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Thank you! I had just stumbled upon something in the forum and finished a test with the override. Thank you for the link to the full documentation.

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