Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 04/28/07 20:05

Spaz (none@none.com) writes:
> Thanks for the reply. Actually, I do want it running (on an as needed
> basis). I use it to run a smart card reader and the data on the smart
> card. I have 3 parts of the program in the startup folder:
>
> MS SQL Manager
> Service Manager

This sounds like one too many to me. What paths do they have? And do they
have any command-line options?

On my machine, the commandline for Service Manager is:

"E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\sqlmangr.exe" /n

I tested to run this from a command-line window. Without /n the application
would appear as a window. With /n it only showed in the tray, which is
the way I normally want it.

> and an the Smart Card Reader Program with an unusual path: "C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\scm.exe" -Action 1 -Silent
> 1 -Service ASUS\ENCOREPRO with target "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\80\Tools\binn"

The scm application is "Service Control Manager", an application I did
not have any knowledge prior to reading your post. The purpose appears to
be to autostart the ASUS\ENCOREPRO service. A more normal way to do this
would be to configure the service as Automatic in Services under Computer
Management.

> I have reformatted my hard drive several times and sooner or later this
> issue resurfaces.

I hope you have had other reasons for reformatting than just getting
rid of the pop-up!

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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