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SMS: Remote Execute Fails When Command Contains Spaces

Article ID: 165787

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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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.

Additional query words: prodsms helpdesk remote execute

Keywords: kbbug kbnetwork kbremoteprog kbtshoot KB165787


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