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Last week I developed a script that would check if psremoting was enabled on specified machines. This week I began working on a script that would enable psremoting on specified machines but I can't get psexec to run in powershell (Also, yes I know psremoting can be enabled through group policy). Here is my script:

$input = Read-Host @" Select Option (1)Manually enter computer(s) (2)Retrieve computer(s) from file Option "@ If ($input -eq 1){ $count = Read-Host "How many computers" $Computers = 1..$count $b=0;$c=1; ForEach ($Computer in $Computers) {$Computers[$b] = Read-Host "Computer" $c; $b++; $c++} } ElseIF ($input-eq 2) { $Computers = Read-Host "File" $Computers = Get-Content $Computers } Else { write-host "Invalid Option" Exit } cls $User = Read-Host "Enter username" $Pass = Read-Host "Enter password" cls $PSExec = "C:\Windows\System32\PSExec\PSExec.exe" ForEach ($Computer in $Computers){ # & $PSExec \\$Computer -u $User -p $Pass -h -c "C:\Temp\mybat.bat" & $PSExec \\$Computer -u $User -p $Pass "ipconfig" }

I get the following error when executing script:

PSExec.exe : At C:\MyStuff\EnablePSRemoting.ps1:34 char:1 + & $PSExec $Computer -u $User -p $Pass "ipconfig" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:String) [], RemoteException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

PsExec v2.11 - Execute processes remotely Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com The system cannot find the file specified.

I then attempted to simply run PSExec from powershell directly, still no luck.

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    You should be using Invoke-Command and not PSExec Commented Aug 11, 2015 at 15:00
  • Invoke-Command requires remoting to be enabled, I believe, and if the script is to check if PS remoting is enabled, it's not exactly possible to use Invoke-Command, is it? Commented Aug 11, 2015 at 15:02
  • It requires winrm..... which is configured by group policy. Commented Aug 11, 2015 at 15:03
  • @Colyn1337 I'm with david how can I use invoke-command on a remote machine with psremoting disabled? I'm trying to copy a batch file that will enable psremoting on the specified remote machines. Commented Aug 11, 2015 at 15:10
  • @Colyn1337 I just tried invoke-command {psexec \\Server1 -u Domain\Admin -p Pa$$w0rd ipconfig} still nothing Commented Aug 11, 2015 at 15:16

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Start-Process -Filepath "$PSExec" -ArgumentList "\\$computer -u $user -p $pass $command"does exactly what I need it to do.

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In the script, you need the double backslash before the computername:
& \\$PSExec $Computer -u $User -p $Pass "ipconfig"

In the list of attempts directly in PowerShell, if that's the actual password, then the double dollar sign was interpreted as the last token of the last command.

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  • Double backslash is before computer name in actual script. Updated post to reflect this. Also, 'Pa$$w0rd' is not the password Commented Aug 12, 2015 at 14:46
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I tried using this and it seems to work when using the Syntax

.\Psexe.exe \\$Computer

With the leading dot in place.

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  • Correction .\Psexe.exe \\$Computer Commented Sep 21, 2019 at 2:22

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