Execute Command
The Execute Command configuration helps you to execute CLI commands, cscripts & wscripts on the remote desktops from the central web client. To do so, follow the steps given below:
- Go to Desktop Management-> Configurations-> Computer Configurations-> Execute Command.
- Enter the Name and Description of the configuration.
- Define the Configuration.
- Enter the command that you want to execute.
- To execute multiple Add More Commands button and enter the next command.
- Define the target desktops.
- Click Deploy.
Useful CLI Commands
The following table gives you the list of various actions that you can perform on the Remote Machines with the CLI commands using the Execute Command option.
Actions to be performed
| Command
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Know the list of active TCP and UDP connections with their Port ID
| netstat -ano
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View the status of the Windows firewall on Windows XP SP2 machine
| netsh firewall show conif
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| View the status of the Windows firewall on Windows Vista machine | netsh firewall show opmode |
Enable the Windows firewall
| netsh firewall set opmode enable
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Disable the Windows firewall
| netsh firewall set opmode disable |
Add a port to the exceptions list
| netsh firewall set portopening protocol port name mode = enable
protocol = TCP, UDP, All
port = port number
name = any string less than 256 characters
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Enable RDP access on remote machines
| netsh firewall add portopening TCP 3389 blah enable any
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Know whether any particular service is running
| sc query servicename
eg: sc query wuauserv
Gives you the status whether norton Windows Automatic Update service is running or not
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Start a particular service
| sc start servicename
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Stop a particular service
| sc stop servicename
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Change the startup type of a service
| sc config servicename start= <auto:disabaled:demand>
auto = automatic
disabled = disabled
demand = manual
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| Kill a particular task | taskkill [/im imagename] [/pid process ID]
eg:
taskkill /pid 3360
taskkill /pid 3360 /pid 2332 /pid 5454
taskkill /im AgentTrayIcon.exe |
Know the count of the files in a folder
| <folder location>\ls -1 | wc -l
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