C# - remote application that is interactive with desktop - DOTNET

This workin as designed, due to security issues, i.e. a average user getting
a command prompt with admin privledges when he/she should not. In short
Win32_Process.Create will not show the process in the default desktop.

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"daytonabeach" <fred.kling> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I would like to launch an application on a remote computer that is
> interactive with the desktop. I am using C# and WMI. The code I have
> here just loads the process in the background and that is not what I
> need. Thank you, Fred
>
> string stringCommandLine = "notepad.exe";
>
> System.Management.ManagementOperationObserver observer = new
> System.Management.ManagementOperationObserver();
>
> System.Management.ManagementScope ms = new
> System.Management.ManagementScope("\\\\firestarter\\root\\cimv2",co);
> System.Management.ManagementPath path = new
> System.Management.ManagementPath("Win32_Process");
>
>
> System.Management.ManagementClass processClass = new
> System.Management.ManagementClass(ms,path,null);
>
> object[] methodArgs = {stringCommandLine,null,null,0};
>
> processClass.InvokeMethod(observer,"Create",methodArgs);
>

Thanks for the reply.

How could I create an "interactive desktop"/"load application" from a
remote server? I haven't been able to find anything on the net... Thanks
in advance...


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Hi,

that's not possible with the build-in functionality, or not simple. You have
to use a windows service, which has the ability to "interact with desktop".
Even the famous "psexec" from system internals uses this technic. May be
you'll find the following article helpful also:

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Run_Code_Remotely.asp

It explains some tricks behind the scene.

Another trick, I have used is to create a COM object on the destination
machine and register it with COM to run under the interactive user. Then, if
a user is logged on to the remote machine, you can instantiate the object
remotely and use it for your display purposes.

Best regards,
Manfred Braun

(Private)
Mannheim
Germany

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"daytonabeach" <daytonabeach@devdex.com> wrote in message
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>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> How could I create an "interactive desktop"/"load application" from a
> remote server? I haven't been able to find anything on the net... Thanks
> in advance...
>
>
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