How do I run psexec64 on nano server?

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artisticcheese asked Mar 4, '22 IanXue-MSFT answered Mar 21, '22

How do I run psexec64 on nano server?

I'm confused how do I run psexec on nanoserver. I start nano server interactively docker run -it --rm --user ContainerAdministrator mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:lts-nanoserver-1809

Once I'm on console I downloaded and extracted pstools for nanoserver, trying to run cmd.exe as system or in fact running psexec64.exe by itself and passing any parameters to it does not produce any output, just returns back to command prompt with no errors or output

 PS C:\out> .\PsExec64.exe -i -d -s cmd.exe
 PS C:\out>

windows-sysinternals-pstools windows-server-nano

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Answer 1 · 2022-03-21T10:09:22.27Z

IanXue-MSFT answered Mar 21, '22

Hi,

Thank you for your post.

Please check if the status of conhost (console window host) is running in the task manager after you run the psexec64 in PowerShell.

If there is a problem with conhost you can try to fix it with the SFC tool by running sfc /scannow in an elevated command prompt.

Best Regards,
Ian Xue
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