I currently install printers by going to a network location in an explorer window and typing in the location and it auto installs ex: \server\printer
I am trying to make a simple batch script that prompts user for a computername, then when they enter it, it should open up that location on that remote pc.
#echo off
set /p deviceid="Enter Device ID: "
EXPLORER \\%deviceid%\c$
echo Installing Printer...
EXPLORER \\server\printer
Currently this will bring up the C drive of the remote PC and install the printer on MY pc instead of the remote pc. I was using that just for testing purposes, but you can see what i'm trying to do.
You can get PSEXEC from https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/pxexec.aspx. To use it you would want to do something like
set /p deviceid="Enter Device ID: "
psexec \\%deviceid% -u "username" -p "password" -i -d "\\server\printer"
And depending on what you're doing exactly, that will execute w.e on the device you are trying to get this installed on. Alternatively you could make a script that will make a seperate script then execute that script after having it copied to the computer and that will install the printer.
#echo off
Echo Device ID
set /p deviceid=
Echo Server Name
set /p server=
Echo Printer
set /p printer=
set "out=\\%deviceid%\c$"
> "%out%\Printer.bat" RunDll32.EXE printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n "\\%server%\%printer%"
psexec \\%deviceid% -u "username" -p "password" -i -d "C:\Printer.bat"
timeout /t 5
I do believe either would work. I am not as seasoned as most people on here but I do believe this will work. And if your server and printer name does not change you can just set them here and not have to have them set within the script.
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I'm trying to create a batch file to automate vnc connections, this is what i came up with:
#echo off
:Begin
set "PASS=123"
set /p IP=Enter IP Address:
echo Connecting...
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\UltraVNC\" VNCVIEWER.EXE %IP%
goto Begin
problem is that the program comes up with a second pop up display for the password which is always 123 but i don't know how to make that automatic too, once the process is open how do i make the batch file enter the password as well automatically ?
I have a requirement where i need to delete the contents of the temp folder on number of remote windows machines.
i tried below wmic command to delete
WMIC /node:...** /user:xxxx /password:xxxx path cim_datafile WHERE "path='%Winddir%\temp*.tmp' AND Extension ='tmp'" delete**
But it throws an error saying
ERROR:
Description = The RPC server is unavailable.
Please suggest me a way to delete temp folder contents on remote machine.
Most simple way - if you're not strictly forced to use WMI, you can do that with psexec:
PsExec.exe \\<computer> cmd /c "rmdir /s /q %windir%\temp\"
or, if you're not logged into domain admin or global workstations admin account -
PsExec.exe -u <user> -p <password> \\<computer> cmd /c "rmdir /s /q %windir%\temp\"
If should not completely delete the folder since Windows keeps some files open and locked inside it, but anything not read-only or locked would be deleted, both files and folders.
Then, to do this with a list of computers, just use a cmd file like this (list.txt contains just computer names/ips, without \:
for /F %%s in (list.txt) do (
echo %%s
start "" /min PsExec.exe \\%%s cmd /c "rmdir /s /q %windir%\temp\"
)
Start command makes all psexec processes run in parallel and minimized so you don't have to wait for each computer to finish before starting another
psexec.exe is a part of sysinternals package from M. Russinovich, I'd like to leave a direct link but don't know if it's permitted or not.
I think it should be able to connect to remote pcs if you have access to file shares and remote computer management (and admin rights of course)
Going to lay this out the best I can and see if someone here can help me out a bit.
Here is my Code .bat on the Remote Server.
echo off
title SystemPlatzAll
set /p input=
findstr %input% SysPlatzAll.log >> Result.txt
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe "Result.txt"
pause
What im trying to achieve is sending the %input% across the network to this batch file then excute and in return have the file save to the computer it is on. To which then the user will get the file opened from a shared folder i have on the drive.
can I use PsExec to send this over or is there another way?
I can get the .bat to execute with the following.
psexec \\HIFRP010.ad.foo.com -u hoem\hoemfooprod -p !foounit123 -e -h -accepteula -i 0 -d F:\Public\Logfiles\Systemplatz\foo\SystemPlatzBackup1.1\Final\NextTest.bat
pause
The above code will execute the Program.
But I want to know how or if it is possible to instead send %input% from one .bat to another.
Thank you in advance.
It is possible. I am not familiar with psexec, but you may be able to encapsulate the last parameter in doublequotes as is common on windows and pass input params directly on the command line. I do this using runas fairly often.
"F:\Public\Logfiles\Systemplatz\foo\SystemPlatzBackup1.1\Final\NextTest.bat paramFoo paramBar"
i have looked around a fair bit, but cant seem to find an answer to this.
I am creating a script that is a part of the off boarding process for our company. As part of the process, it grants permssion for another user to access the exiting users profile share (working fine). The next part will map a network drive remotely (im having trouble with this. I am using PSEXEC to dispatch a bat script which maps the users drive:
#echo off
::Welcome note
echo Welcome to the User EXIT script!
:Start
:: set variable to be used throughout script for the username of the person exiting.
set /p uname="Please enter the username for exit:"
set /p cleanupu="Please enter the username for homedrive & mailbox cleanup:"
set /p computermap="Please enter the Computer to clean up the Homedrive:"
echo The username for exit is: %uname%
echo The username that is cleaning up is: %cleanupu%
echo The computer for the homedrive to be mapped to is %computermap%
set /P c=Is this correct [Y/N]?
if /I "%c%" EQU "Y" goto :init_confirm
if /I "%c%" EQU "N" goto :start
:init_confirm
::confirmation....
echo This script will exit the user: %uname%
pause
icacls "\\server\home$\%uname%" /grant DOMAIN\%cleanupu%:(OI)(CI)F
pause
echo net use z: \\server\home$\%uname%\ > map_temp.bat
psexec \\%computermap% -c -i -d map_temp.bat
pause
exit
This will copy the file to the remote computer and open up a blank command prompt window.
Can anyone see why this wont actually run map_tem.bat?
cheers
I'm trying to make a batch file to run a script on remote server. If I enter the commands below in the cmd prompt seperately it works fine but it seems to hang after I enter the psexec commands. It only continues the rest of the batch file when I exit the psexec remote connection. The rest of the commands are run on my local computer(which I don't want). Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
psexec \\ServName -u DOMAIN\UserName -p password cmd.exe
pause
cd c:\Users\UserName
pause
cscript \\NetworkName\filepath\blankTest.vbs
You can bundle the commands into one batch file and then execute that using one line:
psexec \\ServName -u DOMAIN\UserName -p password cmd.exe -c mybatchfile.bat
That will cause the file to be copied to the remote machine first.
Alternatively if you have problems with that, copy the file first, then execute it; note the different parameter, /c vs -c:
copy mybatchfile.bat \\ServName\Admin$
psexec \\ServName -u DOMAIN\UserName -p password cmd.exe /c mybatchfile.bat
Personnaly if I want to start a background process in a batch I use this :
start /B cmd /C "mycommand" which in your case should give :
start /B cmd /C "psexec \\ServName -u DOMAIN\UserName -p password cmd.exe"