Stop looping powerpoint WITHOUT escape key

[James Harbidge]

Guys,

I've got some powerpoints running (in powerpointviewer) and i want to end
one presentation on the screen and then start another.

I have all the scripting tools in Kaseya (remote management tool) to upload
the presentation to the remote PCs and start the presentation running, but i
can't stop the previous one without pressing the 'ESC' key. Trouble is,
there's no keyboard or mouse on the remote PCs and i need to automate this as
i can't VNC onto 1,200 PCs everytime i need to change a presentation!

I have tried a couple of scripts to kill the pptview.exe processs, but it
still keeps running and then the second powerpoint starts up underneath the
first powerpoint.

Any ideas how i can automate the pressing of the ESC key in some way?

Many Thanks,

James

 

[Chirag]

Try using PsExec from Sysinternals (now, Microsoft) to do your stuff
remotely. An example is at:
http://officeone.mvps.org/powerviewer/tips_remote_powerviewer.html.

- Chirag

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