PGC Requires File Extensions in the Configuration Command Line

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Configuration Command Line in a Shared Package, the Program Group Control (PGC) fails with the following error:

   Could not configure <Your Program>. Cannot obtain the configuration
   program name.

CAUSE

When you specify a filename in the Configuration Command Line while setting up a PGC package, you must include the complete file name (including the file extensions).

Example

The following fails:

   Desc.                               write
   Command line:                       WRITE.EXE
   Registry Name:                      write3
   Config cmd line:                    dosetup write3 first

   Desc.                               write
   Command line:                       WRITE.EXE
   Registry Name:                      write3
   Config cmd line:                    dosetup.EXE write3 first.BAT

WORKAROUND

When you specify a Configuration Command Line, you can use DOSETUP.EXE to run the installation program. DOSETUP provides a mechanism for running an installation program and for setting certain Systems Management Server registry status flags required by PGC. For more information, refer to the Systems Management Server 1.1 Release Notes.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.