If you stop it, you'll lose the connection. Carl
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:41 PM Subject: RE: Batch Files > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alex Speaks > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:07 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Batch Files > > > > > > Heres an interesting problem. I'm writing a script to change the VNC > > passwords on our windows 2000 workstations every week for security. > > Unfortunatly for some reason the scripts were freezing before > > termination every time they ran. I did some rooting around > > in the code > > and discovered that the command >winvnc -run works just fine if you > > type it at a command prompt however if you automate it in any way the > > process is loaded and winVNC functions just fine, but the batch file > > halts. any ideas? so far I have tried batch files and .cmd files > > containing : > > > > >call winvnc -run > > >winvnc -run > > >cmd /c "winvnc -run" > > >cmd /c winvnc -run > > >command /c winvnc -run > > > > I've also tried it on several machines. this seems to be the > > problem on > > all of them. > > > > -AA > > I believe this is because the batch file is waiting for an exit code from > VNC. Of course VNC doesn't exit until you close it so your batch file will > be waiting a while. It's been a while since I've done batch programming, so > I don't know if there is a way to prevent this. > > Are you running VNC as a service? If so use the net commands (because I > believe the "-run" will make VNC run in app mode anyway. For example: > > net stop winvnc > <registry edit stuff goes here> > net start winvnc > > -- > William Hooper > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
