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Michael Davison
Michael Davison

Reputation: 99

Running a HTA file remotely using PSTools

Its almost certain that HTA files are obsolete, but i've found that they are much better than net send / msg.

I'm trying to run a HTA file on a remote machine using PSTools, but instead of it running, it brings back a broken window:enter image description here

Running the HTA file using CMD (locally) works perfectly though.

My PsExec line:

PsExec.exe -accepteula -i -d \\itwall cmd 'mstha \\intranet\Downloads\VisitorSystemNewMessage.hta asd'

I even tried to run the HTA from a Batch file, but the exact same thing happens.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1153

Answers (1)

langstrom
langstrom

Reputation: 1702

It's because the account running the command cannot interact with the session of the remote user.

Use the -s switch to run the HTA using the system account of the remote computer.

Also, you shouldn't need to run cmd. You should be able to just specify mshta.exe then your arguments.

PsExec.exe -accepteula -s -i -d \\itwall mshta.exe \\intranet\Downloads\VisitorSystemNewMessage.hta asd

Edit: To illustrate that this is not an HTA issue. Run the following command:

PsExec.exe -accepteula -i -d \\itwall notepad.exe

Notice you'll have the same black window showing.

Upvotes: 2

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