hi thank you for the suggestion. the problem i have is there is no xml file. only a log file.
i feel as those i am missing files. its like all files are not installing.
im am looking in event viewer and finding these relating to minion.:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
-<System>
<Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting"/>
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-04-14T10:11:10.2449235Z"/>
<EventRecordID>88078</EventRecordID>
<Correlation/>
<Execution ThreadID="0" ProcessID="0"/>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-5QA0P01</Computer>
<Security/>
</System>
-<EventData>
<Data> </Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>PCA2</Data>
<Data>Not available</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>Minion.exe</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>Minion.exe</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>100</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data> </Data>
<Data> </Data>
<Data> </Data>
<Data> \\?\C:\Users\rossj\AppData\Local\Temp\PCW2DE0.tmp \\?\C:\Users\rossj\AppData\Local\Temp\ACG2DF1.tmp \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2E11.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2E31.tmp.xml</Data>
<Data>\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\NonCritical_Minion.exe_57c5e693b974ea76537f78d19409abd2cbbe9aa_00000000_47ce1ec1-8bc8-492f-8a54-92563797c961</Data>
<Data> </Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>47ce1ec1-8bc8-492f-8a54-92563797c961</Data>
<Data>2147491840</Data>
<Data> </Data>
<Data>0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
and then this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<Answers Version="1.0">
<Interaction ID="IT_LaunchMethod">
<Value>PCA</Value>
</Interaction>
<Interaction ID="IT_SelectProgram">
<Value>NotListed</Value>
</Interaction>
<Interaction ID="IT_BrowseForFile">
<Value>C:\Users\rossj\AppData\Local\Minion\Minion.exe</Value>
</Interaction>