For customers who have an on-premise installation and are planning to distribute the APM system for office users, the best option is to create a shortcut on the user PCs pointing to the apmgr.exe file found in the APM root folder on the server.
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Right click on your Desktop and click New\Shortcut
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Copy and paste the location below into the location area and tap next.
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Server Side:
From the server, locate the APM root folder.
Right Click, properties and go to the Sharing tab. Click Advanced Sharing.
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Enable “Share this folder“ and click Permissions Button.
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Make sure to allow all check box below.
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Apply and OK to save the settings.
Workstation Side:
From the user’s PC, go to run by hitting window key +R or go to search bar and type run.
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Type in the computer or IP address of the server using this format “\\computername“ and hit OK.
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You should be able to see the APM root folder that we share a while ago. Access it and copy the apmgr.exe to your desktop and rename it as desire. This will now become your APM shortcut.
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Take note that this has some limitations, and it is only advisable for a small group of users (15-20 PCs\Users). Sharing 1 shortcut from a large user group can result in the system working slower.
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