Applescript: activating remote application failure I have an Applescript to quit my local iTunes, access a remote computer and open iTunes there:

tell application "iTunes" to quit

set remMachine to "eppc://user@0.1.2.3.4"

tell application "iTunes" of machine remMachine to activate


The following error is returned:


  error "iTunes got an error: Application isn’t running." number -600


Yeah, tell me about it. You tell an application to 'open' and it fails because it isn't open.

How can I open an application on a remote machine?

Edit: I have tried changing the script to:

tell application "iTunes" to quit


set remMachine to "eppc://user@0.1.2.3.4"

tell application "Finder" of machine remMachine to do shell script "open /Applications/iTunes.app"

but the returned error is now:


  error "Finder got an error: Handler does not allow remote events."
  number -10016


This is actually incorrect as remote events are enabled in System Preferences.
Thanks to @Tetsujin for this link which provided the details for the answer.

My script now looks like this:

tell application "iTunes" to quit
set remMachine to "eppc://user@0.1.2.3.4"
tell application "Finder" of machine remMachine
    open file "Macintosh HD:Applications:iTunes"
end tell

This does the following:


Quits the local instance of iTunes 
Sets the details of the 'remmachine' 
Opens iTunes on the remote machine