SMS: Administrator Program Cannot Find Add-in Tool

• Microsoft Systems Management Server, version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

If you use the Register Add-ins utility to add a menu option to the Tools menu of the Systems Management Server Administrator program, the application may fail to run. If the working directory (the location of the application's executable file) specified for the application is not part of the local PATH variable for the system, the application fails to run, and you receive the following error:

   Microsoft SMS Administrator

   Can't launch the specified tool.
   Command line: <your application>
   Working Directory:<None>
   Error: The system cannot find the file specified.

CAUSE

The Systems Management Server Administrator program does not use the defined WorkingDir value in the registry. Therefore, if the directory is not specified in the system PATH variable, the application is not found.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, add the directory where the application is located to the system PATH variable. You can do this through the System Control Panel.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

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