Would you like to learn how to use the PSEXEC command? In this tutorial, we are going to have multiple examples showing how to use the PSEXEC command on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7

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Tutorial Psexec - Starting a local command prompt.

Download and extract the application named PSEXEC.

Psexec download

In our example, this is the path to the PSEXEC command.

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As an Administrator, start an elevated command line.

Windows - Elevated command prompt

Access the application directory.

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Start a command-line as another user.

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Start a command-line as administrator.

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Start a command-line as NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM.

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In our example, we used the PSEXEC application to start a local command line.

Tutorial Psexec - Starting a remote command prompt.

As an Administrator, start an elevated command line.

Windows - Elevated command prompt

Access the application directory.

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Start a remote command-line as another user.

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Start a remote command-line as administrator.

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Start a remote command-line as NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM.

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In our example, we used the PSEXEC application to start a remote command line.

Tutorial Psexec - Run a local command

As an Administrator, start an elevated command line.

Windows - Elevated command prompt

Access the application directory.

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Run a command as a different user.

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Run a command as administrator.

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Start a command as NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM.

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Run multiple commands using Psexec.

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Run a BATCH script using Psexec.

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In our example, we used the PSEXEC application to run local commands.

Tutorial Psexec - Run a remote command

As an Administrator, start an elevated command line.

Windows - Elevated command prompt

Access the application directory.

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Run a remote command as a different user.

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Run a remote command as administrator.

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Start a remote command as NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM.

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Run multiple remote commands using Psexec.

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Run a remote BATCH script using Psexec.

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Start a remote command on multiple computers.

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The text file must contain hostnames or IP addresses.

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In our example, we used the PSEXEC application to run remote commands.