/a="tree:.app_object_dn"

EXAMPLE:
nalwin /a="nov:.ms word.app"

Distributes and launches the specified Application object, regardless of whether or not it has been associated with the user or workstation, as long as the user has the file system rights needed to distribute and launch the application and the rights to read Application object properties.

In addition to distributing and launching the specified application, Application Launcher continues running and displays the user and workstation-associated applications in the Application Window. If you don't want Application Launcher to do this, you can use the /f switch to instruct it not to read eDirectory for associations and the /h switch to hide the Application Window.

Tree is the eDirectory tree where the Application object resides. The default tree is assumed if no tree name is specified.

App_object_dn is the fully distinguished name of the Application object.

NOTE:  The quotation marks are required only if a space is used in the tree name or Application object name.

/f

EXAMPLE:
nalwin /f /h

Instructs Application Launcher not to read eDirectory to get the list of applications that have been associated with the logged-in user or the workstation. This is useful when using the /a, /v, or /l switches to simply distribute, verify, or uninstall a specific application. The example causes Application Launcher to start with the Application Window hidden (/h) not read eDirectory for all of the applications associated to the logged-in user or workstation (/f), and then distribute and launch the Word application (/a=.word.apps).

This switch also requires you to use the /h switch.

/l="tree:.app_object_dn"

EXAMPLE:
nalwin /l="nov:.ms word.app"

Uninstalls the specified Application object.

In addition to uninstalling the specified application, Application Launcher continues running and displays the user and workstation-associated applications in the Application Window. If you don't want Application Launcher to do this, you can use the /f switch to instruct it not to read eDirectory for associations and the /h switch to hide the Application Window.

Tree is the name of the tree where the Application object resides. The default tree is assumed if no tree name is specified.

App_object_dn is the fully distinguished name of the Application object.

NOTE:  The quotation marks are required only if a space is used in the tree name or Application object name.

/min

EXAMPLE:
nalwin /min

Displays the Application Window minimized when first loaded, overriding the window state (size and position) that was saved when exiting the previous Application Window session.

/norm

EXAMPLE:
nalwin /norm

Displays the Application Window in its original state (size and position) when first loaded, as long as the Save Window Size and Position setting (User object > ZENworks tab > Launcher Configuration page > Add button > Window tab) is turned off. By default, the Save Window Size and Position setting is turned off.

/p=param
/p="param1 param2 param3"

EXAMPLE:
nalwin /a=.msword.app /p=file.txt

Passes the specified parameters to the application being launched. It is only effective when used with /a or /v. The specified parameters are added to any that are already defined in the Application object (Run Options tab > Application page > Parameters field). The following rules apply when using the switch:

• Application Launcher reads everything after /p= until the first space. At that point, it assumes the end of the parameter string. If the parameter string includes spaces, you must enclose the entire string in quotes. For example:

  Example 1: nalwin.exe /a=.msword.app /p=file.txt

  Passed to msword.app: file.txt

  Example 2: nalwin.exe /a=.msword.app /p="/f=file.txt /m / w"

  Passed to msword.app: "/f=file.txt /m /w"

  Example 3: nalwin.exe /a=.msword.app /p=file 1.txt

  Passed to msword.app: file

  In Example 1, the parameter string does not include spaces so no quotes are required.

  In Example 2, the parameter string includes three parameters, separated by spaces, so quotes are required.

  In Example 3, the parameter string includes a filename with spaces, but no quotes have been used, so only the first part of the filename is passed to the application.

• Use the /nq (no quotes) switch if you don't want the enclosing quotes to be passed to the application. For example:

  Example 4: nalwin.exe /a=.msword.app /p="file 1.txt" /nq

  Passed to msword.app: file 1.txt

  Example 5: nalwin.exe /a=.msword.app /p="/f=file.txt /m / w" /nq

  Passed to msword.app: /f=file.txt /m /w

  Notice that Example 5 is the same as Example 2 under the previous bullet. However, in Example 5 the /nq switch has been added so that the enclosing quotes are not passed to the application.

• Use escaped quotes (\") for any parameters that must include quotes in order to be accepted by the application. For example:

  Example 6: nalwin.exe /a=msword.app /p="/f=\"file 1.txt\" /r /q" /nq

  Passed to msword.app: /f="file 1.txt" /r /q

  Example 7: nalwin.exe /a=msword.app /p="/f=file 1.txt /r /q" /nq

  Passed to msword.app: /f=file 1.txt /r /q

  Example 6 assumes that the application requires file 1.txt to be enclosed in quotes because the filename includes spaces. Example 7 assumes that the application does not require filenames with spaces to be enclosed in quotes.

• The total number of characters allowed for all parameters is 256.

/=0|1|2

EXAMPLE:
nalwin /restrictonline=1

Restricts Application Launcher from automatically switching to connected (online) mode after it has gone into disconnected (offline) mode as a result of logging out of all eDirectory trees.

Application Launcher goes into disconnected mode when no connection to eDirectory is detected. By default, if it then detects a connection (for example, the user authenticates to eDirectory via a VPN dial-up modem connection), it automatically goes into connected, or online, mode. If the connection is via dial-up, Application Launcher prompts the user to exit because of the slow dial-up connection. Using the /restrictonline switch with one of the following options changes this behavior.

• /restrictonline=0: No behavior change; same results as not using the switch.

• /restrictonline=1: If the connection is a modem connection, suppresses the user prompt and stays in disconnected mode.

• /restrictonline=2: Not used; reserved for future use.

This feature is not supported if authentication to eDirectory occurs through the Middle Tier Server (using the ZENworks Desktop Management Agent).

NOTE:  The /restrictonline switch affects only user-associated applications; this switch does not affect workstation-associated applications.

/s

EXAMPLE:
nalwin /s

Makes the Application Window act like the Windows shell. For example, on the File menu, the Exit Application Launcher option changes to Shutdown and gives the user the standard Windows shutdown options.

This is not a true replacement for the Windows shell. If users minimize the Application Window, they have access to the normal desktop. If you want the Application Window to replace the Windows shell, see Using Application Launcher As the Windows Shell.

NOTE:  On a Windows 98 workstation, when a user selects Shutdown > Close All Programs and Log On as a Different User, the user's Windows desktop remains displayed while the login dialog box is displayed; normally, the desktop is removed.

/u

EXAMPLE:
nalwin /u

Terminates all applications, exits the Application Window, and unloads Application Launcher from memory.