hey all,

I'm trying to start a program remotely from another pc.

I was trying to use the start command to do this. will this work??

start \\(ip address)\c:\(program name)

as the program is on the root of the remote machine no long paths are needed but still it said that the path is incorrect even when i know that the ip is good.

help me PLEASE!!hey,

some people (on other FORUMS) have suggested that i can use;

start \\ipaddress\c$\program.exe

Since i consider this to be the BEST forum on the tin'er net i thought i'd ask your opinon.

cheerswhy not TRY it and find out..??because i have 2 machines but mt batt has run out on the laptop and my psu is at work so i'll have to wait until later today.right so I've used;

:loop
SET /p IP="Enter IP Address of Pc: "
net use \\%IP% /user:spottydog *******
set /p program="enter Program to be Started (including Extention): "
start \\%IP%\c$\%program%

pause
goto loop

this works but only in the sense that it starts the program but no my local machine and not on the remote one as needed.

A friend has said that i should map a drive first, but tbh I'm sure how to do this.

would this work???

if so how can i do it......

please help!!!