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Remote Install - 7/20/2006 8:09:57 AM

awe3s

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Hi guys,

I hope someone might shed a light on the following, basically I want to run/install an application either an exe or a msi file remotely on a machine. I have experimented on different methods and the only way I could do it is to copy the excutable to the remote machine's C drive and then run a remote process, that works fine. Is it possible to run the executable from a network share, I tried the following but wouldn't work

Set objProcess = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
errReturn = objProcess.Create("\\server\share\setup.exe", null, null, intProcessID)

Simlarly:

Set objProcess = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
errReturn = objProcess.Create("MSIEXEC.EXE /i \\server\share\install.msi TRANSFORMS=\\server\share\install.mst ALLUSERS=1 /qn /lieucmo+ c:\installFiles\~Install.log", null, null, intProcessID)

If I change the unc path to the remote machine's c drive (where I copied the excutable) it works. I read that you may use NullSessionShare along with WMI but can't find examples or know how to do it. Any help in this is appreciated.

Thanks

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RE: Remote Install - 7/20/2006 3:50:00 PM

kirrilian

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you might want to look into psexec for this, I'm pretty sure that you can do it with that.

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RE: Remote Install - 7/21/2006 12:12:35 AM

gdewrance

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This would be for msi file. works for all my installs

On Error Resume Next
Dim Return, programpath, programname, windowspath, startmenupath, WshShell, WshNetwork
programname = "NameOf Application"
set objFSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
programpath = ("\\Server\Share\")

'***Checks if NameOFApp is installed. If so, script jumps to completed message.***
If objFSO.FileExists("C:\Program Files\NameOfApp\NameofApp.exe")=false Then

' ***Run setup program***
Return = WshShell.Run("msiexec /q /i """ & programpath & "Adobe Reader 6.0.msi""",1,True) '/qb

End If

Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("C:\Rdr6-Upgd.txt")

Set objFSO = nothing
Set WshShell = nothing
Set WshNetwork = nothing
Set objFile = nothing

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RE: Remote Install - 7/21/2006 1:12:06 AM

awe3s

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Thanks kirrilian, I will try psexec and play around with it.

@ gdewrance thanks for you input, your code below will install the application on the local machine. I already have this solution in place. What I want is to install an application to a remote machine i.e. run the script from machine A and install the apps on machine B where as the executables are on a shared server. Thanks anyway

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