SMS: Remote Execute Fails When Command Contains Spaces

Last reviewed: May 1, 1997
Article ID: Q165787

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server, version 1.2

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 : kbbug1.20 smsremtshoot kbnetwork kbbug1.20
Version : 1.20
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: May 1, 1997
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