Running Exe on remote Computer

[nahush]

Dear All

I have a VB Exe and I want to run it on a remote pc just sitting at my place.
this remote PC is connected to my laptop via LAN.
How can I do it?
Its Urgent...

Thanks in advance...

Nahush.

[dglienna]

Use your IP address, and select the program

SHELL "\\192.168.0.1\MyApp.exe"

[RobDog888]

You say run it on remote system and not from so that means that you can
not just run the network shortcut because it will actually be running from you
system and not the remote system.

I had this issue before and I got around it by creating my exe as a service. I
also wrote a service installer so I could install it remotely and then run the
service remotely. Because its a service it will run ON the remote system as
long as you set the "SERVICE_INTERACTIVE_PROCESS" flag.

Its allot of APIs. There is another way, you can use the task scheduler, but
you need to set it up on the remote console. Then it will run on a schedule.
Easier but no control of starting, stopping, installing, or uninstalling.

[dglienna]

oh, that's right. well, you woud have to schedule it in the task scheduler, or set it up to run when you logged on to the other machine.

[RobDog888]

Not quite. If you use task scheduler, set it up on the console of the remote
system (logging into the remote systems desktop using Remote Desktop,
Citrix, or Terminal Server) and set up the schedule for the process.

If you use the service route then it can run without being logged on since it
may be a server and you can have it set so it will "allow service to interact
with the desktop" and log on using "local system account". This will ensure
that the service will run without you being logged on. It will run under the
local system account, basically act as part of the operating system.

HTH

[dglienna]

I meant to schedule the task from the remote computer, as it woudn't run there otherwise. If you had the app run when you logged on to the remote computer, then you could have what you want.

[RobDog888]

Its allot of APIs. There is another way, you can use the task scheduler, but
you need to set it up on the remote console. Then it will run on a schedule.
Easier but no control of starting, stopping, installing, or uninstalling.

But isnt that what I posted earlier.

[dglienna]

I guess so. I forgot about exe's running on the local machine, and was thinking of options.

[packetVB]

nahush,
No need to write installers, services, etc etc etc. Just use WMI.
If its 2k or above you can use WMI. Not sure if WMI is on anything lower than 2k.
For an example look at my vbscript example for installing patches. It would be the same thing doing it in vb. Just need to add the appropriate control to the project.
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=311633

packetvb

[westconn1]

another option may be to use remote desk top or, what i use, real vnc
to control the remote machine and be able to run a program there, i can install most software etc on any machine in my lan sitting at my computer using it's cd rom

rgds pete

[RobDog888]

I also use Real VNC over a secure VPN. But I like Remote Desktop better if it is a Server system.

[pnish]

There's a freeware tool available from SysInternals that will run a program remotely.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psexec.shtml

I imagine you could shell to this from a VB program.

[SpyEyes]

I think the Creating a service and copying the file to remote system and then starting the service is the best way to get this done without letting the remote user know that anything has happened to the system. I am in network and system automations for part 4 years and using this method for remote file execution this is the best way. even if you want you can uninstall the service after the work is done.

[Pradeep1210]

Shell the AT command. I'm not quite sure about its syntax. You'll have to google

Pradeep