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Jeff Godzilla
Jeff Godzilla

Reputation: 119

Powershell: Remote exe Installation

I'm having problems with my script that is designed to install an executable remotely. All of the preliminary actions of my script work just fine. I grab the host names of about a dozen computers from a text file. I use PSExec to Enable-PSRemoting. Then the installer is copied down to a temp directory on the remote computer. Everything works great, except for the important part. I just can't get it to install.

I've tried the following:

 Invoke-Command -ComputerName remoteComp -ScriptBlock {C:\temp\installer.exe} -ArgumentList /SILENT
 Invoke-Command -ComputerName remoteComp {Start-Process C:\temp\installer.exe -ArgumentList /SILENT -Wait}

I've tried using New-PSSession like this:

 $s = New-PSSession -ComputerName remoteComp
 Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock {C:\temp\installer.exe} -ArgumentList /SILENT

None send any sort of error, they just do nothing. Commands that have -Wait just hang forever. If I put a -Sleep, it just waits the requested seconds and then finishes, accomplishing nothing. I don't know if this matters, but when I run the executable on the local computer with the /SILENT switch, it doesn't request any prompts but it does open an explorer window.

I tried to use PSExec.exe, but I get a similar result. It just hangs forever without any error. Thanks in advance for any help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 19765

Answers (2)

Jeff Godzilla
Jeff Godzilla

Reputation: 119

After fighting with this thing a little more, I was able to successfully install the exe by creating a batch file and then using

 Invoke-Command -ComputerName remoteComp -ScriptBlock {C:\temp\installer.bat}

All that's in the batch file is

 installer.exe /SILENT

Another way that worked for me was mentioned by ssaviers, I could use schtasks.exe to schedule a one time task.

Upvotes: 3

VGSandz
VGSandz

Reputation: 144

try the argument list inside ... if the exe supports it.

ex:

Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock { c:\temp\yourexe.exe /verysilent /norestart /log="c:\install.log"}

Please try.

Upvotes: 2

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