can I forward X packets for windows application to Linux Desktop?

[Holger Krull]

Erik Earle schrieb:
> I want to run an application on windows and see it remotely from Linux
> machine.  From linux I would:
>   "ssh -Y machine.that.goes.ping"
> to windows host running cygwin/X.
> 
> Then execute something like
>    "explorer.exe"
> and have the windows explorer running remotely on the windows machine
> popup on my linux desktop.
> 
> Is this possible?

Not the way you want it.
Explorer.exe doesn't use X11, so you can't forward it. The same is true for any normal Windows program. 
You can use cygwins X11 aware programs in that way of course.


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