Remote Control menu has a missing "Take Control" item:
Folder "Remote Control" is also missing
NOTE: This will also be the case if Remote Control is not installed on an endpoint, which is expected behavior and not covered here.
Client Automation - All supported versions
This issue could be caused by a missing registry key and must be manually corrected
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to create a back up of the registry and ensure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem may occur.
For more information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, please review the relevant Microsoft Knowledge Base articles on support.microsoft.com.
This problem occurs because the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\EGC3.0N\Plugins\ITRMRC_DSMVIEW is missing.
NOTE: For 64 bits machined the key is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ComputerAssociates\EGC3.0N\Plugins\ITRMRC_DSMVIEW
The solution is to export this registry key from a working machine and import it on the problem machine.**
**NOTE: For reference, the key contains a String value called 'PluginDLL' that contains the full path to GUI_RCAVCVIEW.DLL, typically in ..\CA\DSM\bin\
Example of registry key file :
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ComputerAssociates\EGC3.0N\Plugins\ITRMRC_DSMVIEW]
"PluginDLL"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CA\\DSM\\bin\\GUI_RCACVIEW.DLL"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ComputerAssociates\EGC3.0N\Plugins\ITRMRC_DSMVIEW\Locale]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ComputerAssociates\EGC3.0N\Plugins\ITRMRC_DSMVIEW\Locale\DE]
"ResourceDLL"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CA\\DSM\\bin\\GUI_RCACVIEW.DE"
"HelpFile"="https://docops.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?language=DE&format=rendered"
"MessageHelpFile"="https://docops.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?language=DE&format=rendered"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ComputerAssociates\EGC3.0N\Plugins\ITRMRC_DSMVIEW\Locale\EN]
"ResourceDLL"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CA\\DSM\\bin\\GUI_RCACVIEW.EN"
"HelpFile"="https://docops.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?language=&format=rendered"
"MessageHelpFile"="https://docops.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?language=&format=rendered"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ComputerAssociates\EGC3.0N\Plugins\ITRMRC_DSMVIEW\Locale\FR]
"ResourceDLL"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CA\\DSM\\bin\\GUI_RCACVIEW.FR"
"HelpFile"="https://docops.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?language=FR&format=rendered"
"MessageHelpFile"="https://docops.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?language=FR&format=rendered"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ComputerAssociates\EGC3.0N\Plugins\ITRMRC_DSMVIEW\Locale\JPN]
"ResourceDLL"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CA\\DSM\\bin\\GUI_RCACVIEW.JPN"
"HelpFile"="https://docops.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?language=JP&format=rendered"
"MessageHelpFile"="https://docops.ca.com/rest/ca/product/latest/topic?language=JP&format=rendered"