Right Click Tools - Status Messages

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Status Messages

Right click on a computer or user and pull up the status message for the resource.

Code

<ActionGroups> <actiondescription class="Executable" displayname="Status Messages" mnemonicdisplayname="Status Messages" description="Display machine status messages"> <executable> <filepath>X:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminUI\bin\i386\statusmessages.exe</filepath> <parameters>##SUB:Name##</parameters> </executable></actiondescription> </actiongroups> <actiongroups> [Update] A better approach from Robert Mitsch is listed below: <FilePath>C:\xxxxxxx\AdminUI\bin\i386\statview.exe</FilePath> <Parameters>/SMS:Server=\\##SUB:__Server## /SMS:Path=##SUB:__Namespace## /SMS:System=##SUB:Name##</Parameters>

Documentation

You will need to create a Action folder and an XML file. You may also edit a pre-existing XML file X:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminUI\XmlStorage\Extensions\Actions\7ba8bf44-2344-4035-bdb4-16630291dcf6\Tools.xml The XML tool will need to be between the: <ActionDescription Class="Group" DisplayName="SMS Tools" MnemonicDisplayName="SMS Tools" Description="SMS tools for agent" SqmDataPoint="53"> ---place tool code--- </ActionDescription> Upon right clicking on a resource you will be required to enter the server. From this point forward you will need to click OK when you run it. Be aware the it will pull in ALL status messages. If the application has problem the first time you run it then you need to just double click on StatusMessages.exe and type in your server name and ok. Then the tool will work correctly the next time for you. --Created by: Matthew Hudson