How to run a program from another computer

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Anthon 74k 41 41 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Vinay Sheshadri Vinay Sheshadri 3 3 bronze badges. This also allows you to transfer the files after edits; not, AFAIK, real-time, but it should do the job. It does save the aggro of maintaining IP addresses, as both machines log into the server. This is more complex than needed to run programs on the remote machine — just use SSH.

And neither method allows the remote programs to work with local files. Traditionally, this is done with rexec. For example: rexec mymachine. Tyler Durden Tyler Durden 5, 11 11 gold badges 49 49 silver badges 75 75 bronze badges. What's the point of rexec recommending over ssh?

Anyway, it doesn't fulfill the requirement of allowing the remote program to work with local files. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Making Agile work for data science. Stack Gives Back Featured on Meta.

New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually. Related 4. Hot Network Questions. Programs should be reinstalled from the original media DVD, download, etc.

You should also check with the program manufacturer to see if programs are compatible with Applies to: Windows 10 Windows 7 Windows 8. Personally I don't use it. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Bill Smithers's post on February 10, Thanks I will try the flash drive. In reply to Harold07MI's post on February 10, And your question is about transferring programs.

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Running a program from another computer Started by r66 , Mar 02 PM. Please log in to reply. If I wanted to run a program on another networked computer , what do I need to include in the file path to make this work? It depends how your network and naming convention are set up. Right click a file on the server, not stored on your machine itself, and select properties. It will give you the root path your system uses.

Red will normally be your NT id, which changes per logged in user. Cyan will change based on server location and specific user set-up. What exactly are you trying to do: 1 - Run a program on your computer whose data is located on a drive of another machine, OR 2 - Run a program whose data is on your machine but execution should take place in another computer, OR 3 - Run a program on another machine whose data is aswell that other machine by commanding so from your machine.

Thanks Carcophan.