Help using the Start command please!!!

blastman · 11 Aug 2007 at 20:29

hey all,

I'm trying to start a program remotely from another pc.

I was trying to use the start command to do this. will this work??

start \\(ip address)\c:\(program name)

as the program is on the root of the remote machine no long paths are needed but still it said that the path is incorrect even when i know that the ip is good.

help me please!!

blastman · 11 Aug 2007 at 21:25

ok, sounds good,

my next question would be how would i do that in dos??

isn't it something like:

net z:\ \\ipaddress ?????

cheers for the help

edit; arh, i see that you've edited ** post. ok that also sounds good but due to the batt running out on my laptop and the psu being at work i'll have to wait untill tomrrow to test, but that looks good.

Since i'll be using this in a batch file for use with lots of pc i think i'll go with the c$.

I'll let you know how it goes

cheers

blastman · 11 Aug 2007 at 22:17

really???

i was under the understanding that i could start a program running on another machine (remotely)

if this is wrong please advise!!

blastman · 11 Aug 2007 at 23:02

dureth: and that will run on the remote machine??

marc2003 has me worried now.

blastman · 13 Aug 2007 at 19:18

right, so I've used;

:loop
set /p IP="Enter IP Address of Pc: "
net use \\%IP% /user:spottydog *******
set /p program="enter Program to be Started (including Extention): "
start \\%IP%\c$\%program%

pause
goto loop

this works but only in the sense that it starts the program but no my local machine and not on the remote one as needed.

A friend has said that i should map a drive first, but tbh I'm sure how to do this.

would this work???

if so how can i do it......

please help!!!