SMS: PGC Fails to Configure Shared Applications on WFW Clients

ID: Q191342

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 Service Pack 2 and later

SYMPTOMS

After applying Systems Management Server 1.2 Service Pack 2 or later, the updated Appsta16.exe file fails to run the configuration command line for shared applications that have the option "Runs with UNC Name" selected.

This version of Appstart.exe is only used on client computers running Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11. They normally receive the following error:

   Cannot configure <app name>. Cannot obtain the configuration program
   name.

It is also possible for different errors to occur as well.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

Configure the shared application to run with a drive letter and not a UNC connection.
-or-
Copy all of the files used by the configuration command line to the SMS\Site.srv\Maincfg.Box\MStest directory. This may not always be a very desirable solution if the configuration requires a large number of files.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms sp sp2 setup fails program group control

Keywords          : kbbug1.20.sp3 smspgc kbbug1.20.sp2 
Version           : WINNT:1.2 SP2 SP3
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

Last Reviewed: August 13, 1998