TightVNC - shareapp and sharewindow options

Question

Could anyone please give me command line examples of how to run TightVNC to share a specific app and a specific window? (trying this on Windows 7)

I keep getting "Failed to connect to TightVNC server" no matter what I do.

Also, what is the difference between running with "controlservice" and "controlapp"?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks a bunch :)

Answer 1

Server side do:

"C:\Program Files\TightVNC\tvnserver.exe"  -run
"C:\Program Files\TightVNC\tvnserver.exe"  -controlapp -shareapp <app PID>

or

"C:\Program Files\TightVNC\tvnserver.exe"  -run
"C:\Program Files\TightVNC\tvnserver.exe"  -controlapp -sharewindow Calculator 

To find your application PID you can use tasklist and, if you have a grep-like command:

tasklist  | grep <app name>     

Viewer side:

Run your viewer as usual.