![]() It is worth noting that any VNC client *should* work with any VNC server so you should be able to use the client of your choice without changing the server running on your client's machines. I think i've tested this with RealVNC client and it works fine (although I don't think the free version provides encrypted connections). Unless you know of an easy way to bypass this problem that i've missed, i'd say you'll just have to cut and paste the link, or move to a different VNC client that does work properly with Windows file association. Having said this, i'm a mac guy and my windows skills are rusty, so maybe there is a way. I suspect that this will be a case of won't work due to unsupported FileAssociation launch for UltraVNC. To set your VNC password (s), use the vncpasswd command. You may want to reference the following article for more information: It does not check passwords against /etc/passwd but rather against /.vnc/passwd, which contains a single primary password and optionally a secondary password that allows only viewing the screen. Having said that, it doesn't seem to do anything on my Windows Vista box and I cannot see how I would configure a permanent association that worked in the way it wants. It supposedly works with windows file association launch because it has an option (-register) that is meant to install the association mapping for Windows. In my opinion this is a fault in the design of vncviewer (UltraVNC). Unfortunately, UltraVNC requires the insertion of "-config" or "\config". vnc file (in this case) as the first command line parameter. When a windows application is associated with a filetype, and a file of that type is launched, the standard behavior is for Windows to launch the associated application using the. The problem, therefore, is the Windows File Association behavior of UltraVNC. If you save it, and then manually open it from inside UltraVNC then everything works. I have verified that UltraVNC does understand these files. Provided you click on the RUN option when downloading the file, you should get auto-connected. Error window displayed with 'Authentication failure: Out of memory' OS: macOS 10.15.2 VNC client: TigerVNC VNC client version: 1.10. It does not check passwords against /etc/passwd but rather against /.vnc/passwd, which contains a single primary password and optionally a secondary password that allows only viewing the screen. ![]() vnc file that is understood by most VNC clients. Launch TigerVNC Viewer Enter VNC Server address Click Connect Click 'Yes' to continue when warned about the certificate being signed by an unknown authority. Unfortunately, you just can't do this from inside a browser (too much of a security risk - browser does not allow it). ![]() Ideally, we'd directly launch your VNC client for you. This is a tricky issue, and I think that the fault is with the design of the UltraVNC client. ![]()
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