How to run/execute remote scripts locally using powershell scipt

Question

Steps:

1. I have created a file known as: "test.vbs" under temp folder in machine B and in that script i have msgbox "hi"

2. From machine A - my goal is execute to test.vbs in machine B

3. In machine A. i did the following steps but i didnt get remote script executed. Can anyone please help me.

ps c:/> $s=new -pssession -computername machineB ps c:/> Invoke-Command -Session $s-ScriptBlock{$filecount=(Get-ChildItem c:\\temp\\test.vbs -Recurse)} ps c:/> Invoke-Command -Session $s-ScriptBlock{$filecount}

i received directory c:\\temp and a file name as test.vbs

Now i want to execute test.vbs

ps c:/> Invoke-Command -ComputerName MachineB{& "C:\\Temp\\test.vbs"}

After executing the above command i dont see the test.vbs not executing remotely. my expectation is to get hi messagebox.

I am not understanding if it got executed or not.

can anyone please help me to execute remote script locally using power shell.

thanks inadvance.

Answer 1

If my understanding to your question is correct, you want to execute test.vbs against machine B from machine A, I don't think it's possible in PowerShell.

I faced the same issue some time ago. Neither Enter-PsSession nor Invoke-Command can do it for you probably just because they are not designed for this purpose. They are working totally fine if you run any PowerShell cmdlets remotely eg Get-Item you can easily get items on machine B. But once if you try to do something beyond the PowerShell remote session, like run a vbs script which will start a new CScript.exe process, it just won't work. It's due to some reason in underlying implementation of this PowerShell remoting.

If you do need to do that, I got two workarounds

1. PsExec can be the best solution. It was designed to do this kind of work originally and it can easily accomplish what you want with a bunch of advanced features.
2. Create a scheduled task on machine B by using New-ScheduledTask and let it trigger itself on machine B locally.
3. If you have SCCM installed, it also provides this kind of functionality, check out this blog .