Microsoft KB Archive/165787

= SMS: Remote Execute Fails When Command Contains Spaces =

Article ID: 165787

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

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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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