Custom Commands

[Jeremy Shupick]

Sometimes the LANDesk remote control service can be troublesome.
Now a person can do remote computer manage and mess with the service (restart/stop/start) or just check it.
I have added some custom commands to my remote control tools menu, and I wanted to share.
There is nothing to install as this is part of the windows 7 install. (Only tested with Windows 7)

<MenuItem xsi:type="MenuAction" Name="LANDesk Remote Service Stop">
  <Command>cmd.exe</Command>
  <Parameters>/K "SC.exe \\%"Computer"."Network"."TCPIP"."Host Name"% stop issuser"</Parameters>
  <OSType>Workstation, Server</OSType>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem xsi:type="MenuAction" Name="LANDesk Remote Service Start">
  <Command>cmd.exe</Command>
  <Parameters>/K "SC.exe \\%"Computer"."Network"."TCPIP"."Host Name"% start issuser"</Parameters>
  <OSType>Workstation, Server</OSType>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem xsi:type="MenuAction" Name="LANDesk Remote Service Query">
  <Command>cmd.exe</Command>
  <Parameters>/K "SC.exe \\%"Computer"."Network"."TCPIP"."Host Name"% query issuser"</Parameters>
  <OSType>Workstation, Server</OSType>
</MenuItem>

I can't get the above to format correctly if someone could help me format it. so the above does not have all the syntax.
I tried the # in front and the ~ above and below.

Thanks,

Jeremy

[Jared Barneck]

OK. Here is your problem. This is executing on the Console and trying to use a Windows Service to connect to the remote machine and stop the service.

You should execute on the client as follows:

<MenuItem xsi:type="MenuAction" Name="LANDesk Remote Service Stop">
  <Command>sc.exe</Command>
  <Parameters>stop issuser"</Parameters>
  <OSType>Workstation, Server</OSType>
  <ExecutionLocation>Client</ExecutionLocation>
</MenuItem>

Also, no need to wrap the command in cmd /k. You can just call sc.exe directly.

I just tested this and it worked on Windows 7 64 bit.

[Jared Barneck]

I am actually going to put this in. This is more generic and allows for starting or stopping any service (assuming you know the service name.

<MenuItem xsi:type="MenuAction" Name="Start a Service">
  <Command>sc.exe</Command>
  <Parameters>stop %prompt:Enter the name of the service to start.:128%"</Parameters>
  <OSType>Workstation, Server</OSType>
  <ExecutionLocation>Client</ExecutionLocation>
</MenuItem>
<MenuItem xsi:type="MenuAction" Name="Stop a Service">
  <Command>sc.exe</Command>
  <Parameters>start %prompt:Enter the name of the service to stop.:128%"</Parameters>
  <OSType>Workstation, Server</OSType>
  <ExecutionLocation>Client</ExecutionLocation>
</MenuItem>

[Anonymous]