LicenseWatch FAQ

How is the Client Launched?

The setup program creates a share for the folder C:\Program Files\LicenseWatchPlatinum\Client. The share is accessed from other machines with:

\\[server]\LWClient

This share contains the LicenseWatch client executables. The command for launching the client is:

\\[server]\LWClient\LWPreloader.exe [server]/LWClientRequestHandler

The argument [server]/LWClientRequestHandler specifies the URL for the website that clients use to communicate with the server. Note that the URL does not start with http://. The command can be run manually, from the login script or from an AD group policy.

To create an AD group policy, point to a VB script file from User Configuration / Scripts / Logon:

The VB script file must have the following contents:

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") strCommandLine = "\\[server]\LWPreloader.exe [server]/LWClientRequestHandler" objShell.Run(strCommandLine)

The program LWPreloader.exe is not the actual client, but a preloader. The preloader will copy the client executables to C:\Program Files\LicenseWatch depending on the system settings LWClient_RunType and LWClient_LocalPath. Then the client executable LWClient.exe is launched.

The files are only copied if they are updated on the server.