PsExec gets stuck on licence prompt when running non-interactively

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EMP picture EMP · Mar 1, 2011 · Viewed 48.7k times · Source

I have a Hudson build script which calls the SysInternals PsExec utility. Normally, when PsExec is run for the first time by a given user it pops up a dialog box asking the user to accept the licence. The build agent runs as a service and I can see that the build gets stuck at PsExec. Process Explorer shows that PsExec is running, so I strongly suspect it's displaying that same prompt, but because it's running non-interactively there is no way to accept the prompt. Is there any way to get around this silly limitation? Running on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.

Answer

Alain Pannetier picture Alain Pannetier · Mar 1, 2011

Use the /accepteula command-line switch to accept the licence agreement.

Or set

HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\PsExec\EulaAccepted

to 1

Caution: if the reg key above is set to 0 (EULA was declined once) then the /accepteula will not work, you have to set the key to 1 manually (or delete it altogether).

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