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QWINSTA
Hello,
I prefer to use the command line utilities (qwinsta and rwinsta) to view and manage Terminal Service sessions on my servers. I have a new installation of Win7 Ultimate 64bit running on my laptop.
When I open a command prompt, it defaults to the C:\Windows\System32 directory. When I type qwinsta, it says it cannot find the file. When I type "dir qw*", all it lists is qwave.dll.
So here's the weird part. If I open Windows Explorer to the System32 directory, the qwinsta.exe file exists! Why would it show up in Explorer, but not from a command prompt?
I'm logged in with my domain admin account......
Thanks!
TB
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Good luck figuring out this one....Tested it on XP and all was welll. Maybe you need to play around with the UAC settings?
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No doubt. I couldn't believe it myself. I've walked away from my computer, got a cup of coffee, came back and looked again. The issue remains.
It worked fine with my previous Win7 installation (32bit). These are native utilities that are installed with 64bit, so I can't imagine that being the problem.
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OK Train. You win the prize. That resolves the problem.
However....I cannot change the Compatibility settings of cmd.exe to always run ad Administrator (it's greyed out).
I verified once again that I am a member of the local administrator's group.
Thoughts?
TB
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Put a short cut to both on the desktop or whereever you want and remember to R-click and elevate to start with.
Just my guess on how to do it.
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Yeah. That does work. What I failed to mention is I use a utility called 'Launchy' which allows me to kick off programs by typing the first few characters of the name. For example, I can type 'not' and open Notepad, 'cmd' will open the command prompt. As you can tell, I prefer keyboard shortcuts over a mouse.
Silly, I know. But when you're used to doing something......
I bet if I dig into it, I can find a registry entry for 'run as admin'. I'll look into it this weekend and keep you posted.
(I'd still like to know what changed since my previous install)
TB
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Guess someone thought we do not need access to a lot of things in Vista. And 7 is a Vista upgrade. . . . .
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