DOCUMENT:Q226814 22-OCT-2000 [sms] TITLE :SMS: "Remote Execute" Doesn't Open Files Associated with Program PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER::2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbsms200 kbsms200bug ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you run a command line containing an associated file from a Remote Execute window, the given program is successfully started, but the associated file specified in the command line is not opened. WORKAROUND ========== To successfully run associated files in a remote session, do either of the following: - In the Remote Tools window, initiate a Remote Control window to allow you to run the command from the client desktop. -or- - In the Remote Tools window, click Tools, click Remote Execute, and type the command line including the following executable: Mspaint.exe c:\winnt\squares.bmp STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0. Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbsms200 kbsms200bug Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 Version : :2.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.