To debug a thing like this, run it in a command window, so you can see any error messages.
I believe the problem may be with the trailing :5500 - I've never needed to specify this at the server end, only to set up port-forwarding on the firewall at the receiving (client) end. Take that off and it should work. You may be interested in a command script I've developed to keep checking for an established connection and re-connect if it has dropped (something I developed when trying to manage a system in Ghana from my location in London). You can find it here: http://cid-2e572770a3a5cd55.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/VNCloop.cmd http://cid-2e572770a3a5cd55.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/VNCloop.cmd Philip Herlihy -----Original Message----- From: vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Geza Levai Sent: 25 February 2010 23:01 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Command line version of connecting to listening viewer doesn't work Hi, I am trying to create an icon for connecting to a listening viewer with the information that I gathered about this subject, but it doesn't work. All I can see, that a black DOS command line window pops up for a millisecond in the left upper corner of the screen, but nothing else happens. The same computer has no problem connecting to the listening viewer by having the user typing (copy/pasting) the IP address of the viewer in the window. (The port 5500 on the firewall of the listening viewer is forwarded to the listening computer (otherwise the manual method wouldn't work either, right?) This is the command line that I think should work, but it doesn't: (IP address here is a bogus one, of course) "C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4\winvnc4.exe" -connect 99.999.999.99:5500 Any idea why this command line doesn't work but manually the PC can connect to the listening viewer without any problem? Geza _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
