What's different about WinXP versus Win10 ovpn doubleclicking?

What's different about WinXP versus Win10 ovpn doubleclicking?

What do I need to change on Win10 to get the connection to just start when I
doubleclick on the *.ovpn text file like it has been doing for years on
WinXP?

WINXP:
I doubleclick on a text *.ovpn file & it connects to VPN.
I close the opened text file & it disconnects from VPN.
OpenVPN v2.3.11-I001

WIN10:
I doubleclick on a text *.ovpn file & doesn't connect that way.
I have to go to the task tray and connect from there. Yuck.
OpenVPN v2.3.9-I601

What happens on Win10 is the following:
1. I doubleclick on the *.ovpn text file
2. Up pops an obnoxious form:
User Account Control:
Do you want to alter this app to make changes to your PC?
[Yes][No]
3. Then up pops an error form:
OpenVPN GUI
I'm trying to parse "C:\Users\user\Desktop\file.ovpn"
as an --option parameter but I don't see a leading '--'
[OK]

What do I need to change on Win10 to get the connection to just start when I
doubleclick on the *.ovpn text file like it has been doing for years on
WinXP?

Roy Tremblay wrote:
What's different about WinXP versus Win10 ovpn doubleclicking?

What do I need to change on Win10 to get the connection to just start when I
doubleclick on the *.ovpn text file like it has been doing for years on
WinXP?

WINXP:
I doubleclick on a text *.ovpn file & it connects to VPN.
I close the opened text file & it disconnects from VPN.
OpenVPN v2.3.11-I001

WIN10:
I doubleclick on a text *.ovpn file & doesn't connect that way.
I have to go to the task tray and connect from there. Yuck.
OpenVPN v2.3.9-I601

What happens on Win10 is the following:
1. I doubleclick on the *.ovpn text file
2. Up pops an obnoxious form:
User Account Control:
Do you want to alter this app to make changes to your PC?
[Yes][No]
3. Then up pops an error form:
OpenVPN GUI
I'm trying to parse "C:\Users\user\Desktop\file.ovpn"
as an --option parameter but I don't see a leading '--'
[OK]

What do I need to change on Win10 to get the connection to just start when I
doubleclick on the *.ovpn text file like it has been doing for years on
WinXP?

Using this as a rough (cross-platform) approximation:

https://linux.die.net/man/8/openvpn

openvpn --config C:\Users\user\Desktop\file.ovpn

Maybe something in here will work. There is a Nirsoft application
to make it easier.

https://superuser.com/questions/3618...dows-open-with

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html

Paul

On Wed, 24 May 2017 10:51:18 -0400,
Paul actually wrote:

What do I need to change on Win10 to get the connection to just start when I
doubleclick on the *.ovpn text file like it has been doing for years on
WinXP?

Using this as a rough (cross-platform) approximation:

https://linux.die.net/man/8/openvpn

openvpn --config C:\Users\user\Desktop\file.ovpn

Maybe something in here will work. There is a Nirsoft application
to make it easier.

https://superuser.com/questions/3618...dows-open-with

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html

Paul

Thanks Paul.
Your response pointed me in the right direction!

1. I looked at the file associations for ovpn files on WinXP:
https://s29.postimg.org/estakppgn/openvpn.gif
2. On Win10, I needed to change the association for ovpn files
FROM: OpenVPN GUI for Windows
TO: OpenVPN Daemon
https://s16.postimg.org/mcs4crgsl/Clipboardq02.jpg
3. Now, just clicking on the ovpn file connects to VPN on Win10!
https://s28.postimg.org/rg7ux9b8t/Clipboard0q1.jpg

Now on both WinXP and Win10, when I click on any ovpn file, I'm connected to
VPN, and when I close that window, I'm disconnected from VPN.

Works like a charm!
Thanks.

On Thu, 25 May 2017 02:25:38 +0000 (UTC),
Roy Tremblay actually wrote:

1. I looked at the file associations for ovpn files on WinXP:
https://s29.postimg.org/estakppgn/openvpn.gif
2. On Win10, I needed to change the association for ovpn files
FROM: OpenVPN GUI for Windows
TO: OpenVPN Daemon
https://s16.postimg.org/mcs4crgsl/Clipboardq02.jpg
3. Now, just clicking on the ovpn file connects to VPN on Win10!
https://s28.postimg.org/rg7ux9b8t/Clipboard0q1.jpg

Now on both WinXP and Win10, when I click on any ovpn file, I'm connected to
VPN, and when I close that window, I'm disconnected from VPN.

Works like a charm!

I *thought* VPN worked on Windows 10 but I am having huge permission
problems which don't exist on Windows XP so I will ask separately about this
log file in a separate thread of its own.

Obviously though, I'm missing a *new* step that Windows 10 requires to do
the things that VPN needs.


FlushIpNetTable failed on interface [17]
{78A54AAA-5893-4E9A-9FAB-429FF3FB3C87} (status=5) : Access is denied.
ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: Access is denied.
[status=5 if_index=8]
Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Route addition fallback to route.exe
env_block: add PATH=C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys tem32\Wbem
ERROR: Windows route add command failed [adaptive]: returned error code 1
C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.211.1.46
ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: Access is denied.
[status=5 if_index=17]
Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Route addition fallback to route.exe
env_block: add PATH=C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys tem32\Wbem
ERROR: Windows route add command failed [adaptive]: returned error code 1
C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD 128.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.211.1.46
ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: Access is denied.
[status=5 if_index=17]
Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Route addition fallback to route.exe
env_block: add PATH=C:\WINDOWS\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys tem32\Wbem
ERROR: Windows route add command failed [adaptive]: returned error code 1
Initialization Sequence Completed