Using psExec to Open a Remote Command Window
System Center Essentials provides several ways to remotely manage computers, including:
- Computer Management MMC
- Remote Desktop
- Remote Assistance
- Tasks to show current information, such as process usage
Sometimes though what is wanted is just a remote command window without the overhead of opening a full remote desktop session.
The PsExec tool which is one of the SysInternals tools provides a way to open a remote command window without needing to install anything on the remote computer.
You can find out more about PsExec from:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx
With psExec installed you can open a remote command prompt by calling it as follows:
psExec \\computer cmd
If you have psExec installed on your computer with the Essentials console you can create a task in Essentials to open a remote command window from within Essentials.
To create this task:
- Go to the Authoring workspace
- In the navigation pane on the left hand side, expand Management Pack Objects and select Tasks
- From the Tasks pane, select Create a New Task
- Select Command Line from the Console Tasks folder and click Next
- In the Task Name field, type "Remote Command Window"
- In the Description type "Use the SysInternals PsExec tool to open a remote command window for the selected computer. PsExec must be installed on the computer with the Essentials console."
- In the Task Target, click Select and then choose Windows Computer and click OK
- Click Next
- In the Application field, type the full path the psexec.exe on the Essentials console (e.g. C:\pstools\psexec.exe). If you have the console on multiple computers you will need psExec installed in the same location on each of them.
- Enter \\ then Click the arrow at the end of the Parameters field and select Net BIOS Computer Name, then add a space and enter cmd
- Uncheck the Display output when this task is run box
- Click Create
In the Computers workspace, with a computer selected there is now a "Remote Command Window" task that is available. Selecting this task will open a remote command window for the selected computer.
Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Yay but how do you get a ip user and passwordAnonymous
January 01, 2003
Yay but how do you get a ip user and passwordAnonymous
January 01, 2003
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December 18, 2012
Great.. Great... Great.. Thank you!!!Anonymous
April 29, 2013
Cool.Anonymous
June 26, 2013
whenever i click on psexec it pops up and disappearsAnonymous
October 16, 2013
You have to copy all the tools in Cwindowssystem32 and after that you can run them from cmd.Anonymous
December 04, 2013
Voila! Many Thanks!Anonymous
February 03, 2014
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April 25, 2014
"Sad -.-!"Anonymous
May 13, 2014
Works fine for me on Windows 7 Pro - in Domain environment.Anonymous
May 23, 2014
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June 17, 2014
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July 23, 2014
Is there any secuirty issues using this command and is it reliable ?Anonymous
July 29, 2014
Thank you so much !Anonymous
August 04, 2014
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September 09, 2014
Can we use Psexec for remote EXE installation??? If it is possible,
My computer is AAAA-PC and my remote computer is YYYY-PC.
I wanna install a exe file say Something.exe in my YYYY-PC through AAAA-PC.
That exe is located on C:Folder1Folder2Something.exe. in AAAA-PC
Please tell me the PSexec command to install that file..!
also that exe has some parameters..Anonymous
October 16, 2014
Is it still possible to access the remote PC if it is in recovery mode?Anonymous
October 26, 2014
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Command Prompt is the best technique to communicate.
-ThanksAnonymous
October 26, 2014
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-ThanksAnonymous
October 26, 2014
Hello we were Friends
Is it possible to do command on command prompt
to do work on the PC?
Can we work on command prompt to use previous versions?Anonymous
October 28, 2014
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November 12, 2014
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March 25, 2015
Awesome, thanks!Anonymous
April 15, 2015
very powerful indeed!Anonymous
September 10, 2015
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December 13, 2015
Works fine under Windows 10. The only question I have is how do I use the command script available at the destination machine?Anonymous
March 01, 2016
can i open command window in same computer