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Launch Notepad.exe using PsExec sysinternal tool

I am trying to launch notepad.exe on remote server A from local server B.

below is the command which works fine and I could see notepad.exe process on Task Manager however when I physically remote login to server I do not see notepad launched (GUI).

C:\Windows\System32>D:\SysInternals\psexec.exe \\serverB 
-u Domain\user1 -p passXX -i -d notepad.exe

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notepad.exe started on serverB with process ID 3328.

How would I see notepad GUI when logged in ?

Solution

  • is serverB a terminal server ? if so you have to specify the user's session number, otherwise notepad will be opened in the console (session 0). you can use for example query session to get the active session on you server : query session /server:serverB user1

    then pass the session number to -i parameter :

    psexec \\serverB -u domain\user1 -i 2 notepad.exe

    where 2 is the session of user1