Run a remote program

While carrying out maintenance work, you might for example want to run programs for cleaning up the system, or you might want to run a program that carries out a system scan, if anti-virus software has been installed on the computers.

If allowed by the Guest Access Security settings on the Hosts, the Netop Guest can run a program on one or multiple Host computers using the Run Program function.

The Run Program function is also useful if you are providing support and want to demonstrate something to a Host user.

To run a program

1.On one of the Guest window tabs, select the Host computer that you want to connect to and run a program on.

The Guest can connect and run a program from the Phonebook tab, the Quick Connect tab, or the History tab.

When already connected, the Guest can run a program from the Phonebook tab, the Quick Connect tab, the Connections tab or the History tab.

2.Click the Guest Run Program Button Run Program button on the toolbar.

Alternatively, on the Connection menu, select the Run Program.

3.Click Browse.
4.In the Run dialog box, click the Browse button and select the program that you want to run on the selected Host computer.

When the program file is added in the Local File name field, the global file name with the absolute path replaced by environment variables is also added in the Global File Name field. This is especially useful if your computers are running different Windows platforms.

Select the Global File name option, so that you do not have to consider which operating system version or operating system language the Host computer is using.

If the selected program needs to be started using command line switches, use the Command line switches field to type those. This could for example be starting Internet Explorer with a specific address.

Under Run, define how the program should start. Select Normal, Maximized or Minimized.

5.Click OK to run the specified program on the selected Host computer.

Note

The program file must be available on the Host computer in the location specified in the Run dialog box. The program can also be specified on the Tools > Program Options > Run tab.

If the program is not available on the Host computer in the specified location, you can use the Netop File Manager to transfer the file to the Host before running it. See Transfer files for further information.