WinVNC4 - command prompt blocked even if launching with -noconsole

[Alex K. Angelopoulos]

Oops - I didn't even think about that one.  :)

"Costa, Jzlio Emanuel A., VF-PT" wrote:
> Well that quirk in start syntax is really a PITA, but speaking of
> workarounds, I prefer the
>
> Start "" "C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4\winvnc4.exe"
>
> ...approach. It avoids the path or copy trick.
> But this is strictly a taste issue ;-)
>
> Regards,
> ______________________
> Jzlio Costa
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com]On
> Behalf Of Alex K. Angelopoulos
> Sent: terga-feira, 17 de Agosto de 2004 7:18
> To: RealVNC List
> Subject: WinVNC4 - command prompt blocked even if launching with
> -noconsole
>
>
> I haven't seen this mentioned in the mailing list - please let me know
> if I
> overlooked a prior discussion of it.
>
> When launching WinVNC4 from a command prompt on XP Pro SP2 (obviously in
> user mode), the console remains blocked even if the -noconsole switch is
> specified. I would suggest that the -noconsole "should" mean that it
> detaches from a command shell window even if it is started from one -
> but
> this is open to debate since we don't exactly have ISO standards for
> Windows
> commandline parameters... ;)
>
> This is not a high priority problem AFAICS since there are workarounds
> using
> the start command. Since the start command has a quirk that makes this
> less
> than obvious (it interprets the first unnamed argument surrounded by
> quotes
> it encounters as a command prompt window title) I'll document it here -
> feel
> free to requote/adapt.
>
> (1) If winvnc4. exe is in the usual location - for example, "C:\Program
> Files\RealVNC\VNC4\winvnc4.exe" - it can be started by specifying the
> start
> directory with the /D command, like this:
>
>     start /D"C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4" winvnc4.exe
>
> (2) Add the VNC4 folder to your path -or- copy the binaries to a
> directory
> already in your path.
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