PsExec "The system cannot find the file specified"

[indyitguy]

I'm tasked with running a powerpoint slideshow on a standalone system that will be updated daily. I want to build a bat file for the user that will be updating the slideshow that will stop the slideshow, copy the new one to the standalone system, then start the slideshow back up. I can stop the slideshow remotely and copy the file no problem. My issue is when I try to issue this command: "psexec -u localuseraccount -p password \\FQDN -h -i c:\Slideshow\slideshow.pptx" I get a "The system cannot find the file specified" error.

I've created the same directory on my machine and the target machine to store the powerpoint file. On the target machine I created a local administrator account that is logged in. I verified that the administrators group has full control of the directory storing the powerpoint file.

Anybody have an idea on what is causing the issue?

 

[reedo_43]

Silly question but does psexec the directory C:\slideshow and slideshow.pptx exist where they are suppose too? Sounds like you know what you are doing...

 

[indyitguy]

I know enough to sound like I know what I'm doing... lol I have slideshow.pptx and psexec.exe both in the c:\slideshow directory on my system as well as the target system.

 

[indyitguy]

I noticed that on the target machine when I issue the psexec \\targetmachine "path\to\powerpnt.exe" "path\to\pptxfile" the powerpnt.exe process starts but doesn't actually start... weird...

 

[indyitguy]

Figured it out... Here is what I did in case anyone comes across this thread and had the same issue.

target machine: system1
local admin: admin
local admin pswd: password
powerpoint location on both my system and target machine: c:\slideshow\slideshow.pptx
I have the batch file containing the following command as well as the psexec.exe files in the same directory as the slideshow.pptx file.

psexec \\system1 -u system1\admin -p password -h -i -d "path\to\powerpnt.exe" /s "C:\slideshow\slideshow.pptx"