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Named Pipes Application Run on Windows 7 Virtual PC.

Hi Experts,

I have an MFC application that uses Named Pipes. It is working fine on a stand alone PC. I try to use this same application on a Windows 7 Virtual workstation, but the message from the pipe client is not always sent to the same the virtual workstation. What should I do to get this to work correctly?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi experts,

Both the client and the server reside in the same session of the Virtual Workstation. Currently, the server uses the CreateNamedPipe with the name: LPTSTR lpszPipeName = TEXT("\\\\.\\pipe\\myPipeApp"); Since we move this application to a virtual workstation, there are many other sessions; therefore, when the client sends the request, sometimes the request is routed to one session, other times, the request is routed to another session.

I am thinking of replacing the . in the pipename to the IP address of the session on the V-workstation, but the create fails with error 123 when the . is replaced with the ip address like LPTSTR lpszPipeName = TEXT("\\\\12.34.567.89\\pipe\\myPipeApp");

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This approach seems to solve the problem.