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

ID: Q169475

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

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.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords : kbinterop kbnetwork kbbug1.20 smspgc
Version : winnt:1.2
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: December 15, 1999
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