SMS: Remote Execute Fails When Command Contains Spaces (165787)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2

This article was previously published under Q165787

SYMPTOMS

Remote File execution on a client computer running Windows NT fails to complete when the command line selected contains a space in either the file or directory name, as in the following example:

   c:\long directory name\kenhom.bat

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

Enclose the command line within quotation marks, as in the following example:
```
      "c:\long directory name\kenhom.bat"
						
```
-or-
Use the abbreviated MS-DOS file name displayed in File Manager, as in the following example:
```
      c:\longdi~1\kenhom.bat
```

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	6/14/2005
Keywords:	kbbug kbnetwork kbRemoteProg kbtshoot KB165787