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List:       cygwin
Subject:    Re: Windows GUI programs (e.g. notepad) start but are invisible after ssh login
From:       "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" <reply-to-list-only-lh () cygwin ! com>
Date:       2010-06-30 21:09:49
Message-ID: 4C2BB29D.1070807 () cygwin ! com
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On 6/30/2010 4:53 PM, Koszalek Opalek wrote:
> This is what I do:
>
> 1) Start sshd
>         cygrunsrv -S sshd
>
> 2) Login over ssh
>         ssh ko@localhost
>
> 3) Start a Windows application (notepad, calc, whatever).
>
> The application starts (it is listed in the Process
> Explorer), however its windows are invisible.
>
> How do I change this behavior and display the application?
> I (obviously) do not want to export the window to another
> $DISPLAY in the X11 fashion. I just want the app to be
> visible on the machine where sshd is running.

The short answer?  You can't or at least you shouldn't.  The
longer answer is MS doesn't want to allow this functionality
and has disabled the ability to access a desktop from a
service as of Vista.  If you're running XP, you may find that
you can get this to work by using the '-i' flag on 'cygrunsrv'
when you install the 'sshd' service.  Or you can call up the
adminstrator tools, find the sshd service, and enable desktop
interaction there.  This should work, though there have been
some reports of difficulty on this list even for XP.  It's not
clear why but given the fact that MS is removing support for this
anyway, the best way to get a reliable way to do this is to lobby
MS for some support. ;-)

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