SMS: Command Line Parameters Are Not Passed with Long File Names (169475)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2
This article was previously published under Q169475

SYMPTOMS

Program Group Control (PGC) does not pass command-line parameters (specified on the command line of the share package details) if the following conditions are true:

  • The command is a long file name (for example, longfilename.exe). -and-

  • The client computer is running either Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, specify a command on the command line with a file name in the 8.3 format. Doing this ensures that the parameters are passed successfully.

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:MinorLast Reviewed:6/14/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbinterop kbnetwork kbPGC KB169475
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