winvnc4 commandline sequence/syntax

[Peter Rosin]

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 04:09:56PM -0800, Dave Stoft wrote:
> My conclusion has been that I have misunderstood the syntax or
>  application
> of the syntax with the command-line method but I have been unable to
>  locate
> explicit examples to show where I made the error(s). Can you point to
>  the flaw(s)
> in my understanding or methodology?
> 
> Thank in advance to anyone with suggestions.

The command line arguments to the service is specified in the registry.
You should change
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\WinVNC4\ImagePath
from the typical "C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4\winvnc4.exe" -service
to something of your liking, e.g.
"C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4\winvnc4.exe" -service -vncconfigfile C:\vnc\my_config_file.vnc
(Please note that the actual executable needs to be surrounded with quotes
if its path contains spaces. I don't know how you should quote spaces
in the arguments, that might depend on the winvnc4 implementation.)

After that, do "winvnc4 -start"

There is no need to register/unregister around each start/stop.

Disclaimer: This is all untested, but I beleive it matches what Wez said.

Cheers,
Peter