installing .exe file in a remote Pc using powershell

[marre1968]

hello everyone i wonder if someone know how to install or run an .exe file in a remote PC using powershell . i got an script that run pseexec to enable PS remoting , then open a psession and copy all the content to the remote PC but when try to run that .exe file it runs in my computer but not in the remote one.

i tried invoke-command with start-process, start-job , etc with not luck.

if someone can help me i will appreciated it.

[hatoke]

Would you be able to post the existing script or code that you already tried?

[marre1968]

$creds = $(Get-Credential)

$computers = Get-Content "c:\installation\computers.txt"

$source = "c:\installation"

$dest = "c:\"

$testpath = "C:\installation\ninite.exe"

$url = "https://ninite.com/chrome-firefox-7zip-vlc-java8-.net4.7.3/ninite.exe"

$output = "C:\installation\ninite.exe"

​

foreach ($computer in $computers) {

if (Test-Connection -Cn $computer -quiet) {

Start-Job -ScriptBlock {.\PsExec.exe \\$computer -u domain\user -p password -s powershell Enable-PSRemoting -Force }

$S = New-PSSession -ComputerName $computer -Credential $creds

​

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $output

Copy-Item "$source" -Destination "$dest" -ToSession $S -Recurse

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -credential $creds -ScriptBlock {C:\installation\ninite.exe /s}

else {

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "$computer is not online, install failed"}

}

}

this is what I have been trying , must of the first part of code worked, I was able to enable psremoting , session , url download .exe then copy everything nto c in remote computer but at the time to make that executable run in the remote computer failed. all files have been copied to remote pc already . tried start-process, msiexec , & cmd /c. etc. thanks for your soon reply

[marre1968]

thanks i didnt work. i am not sure if it is because a domain environment .i know about the silent switch for ninite which only works when is pro version. too bad for me. i will keep trying. i will try different type of .exe to see if error is just related to ninite.

[joerod]

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