Invoke-WMIMethod failed to start process on remote server

Question

Hi Folks,
I am trying to run an exe in remote server to automate some of my application startup process in disconnected mode(Using powershell 2.0). However Invoke-WmiMethod does not trigger the application but start-process triggers it fine. I am trying following
command -
$FullExecutable = "\\remoteserver\abc\project\environment\ServerApplications\ApplicationDirectory\App.exe"
$Arguments = "stanza=ApplicationVariable"
PS Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::\\remoteserver\abc\project\environment\ServerApplications\ApplicationDirectory> Invoke-WmiMethod -class Win32_process -name Create -ArgumentList "$FullExecutable $Arguments"
I tried these options but no luck -
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7703.powershell-running-executables.aspx
Please help me fixing this issue. Thanks for any advice.
Charlie

Answer 1

Hi Charlie,
Since I have no test app.exe file, I tested with notepad.exe and ran these scripts to open local file D:\1.txt, would you please list the test results with app.exe:
$a="Notepad.exe"
$b="D:\1.txt"
Invoke-WMIMethod -Class Win32_Process -Name Create -ArgumentList "$a $b"
([wmiclass]"win32_Process").create("$a $b")
Start-Process $a -ArgumentList $b -wait -NoNewWindow -PassThru
If you have any other questions, please feel free to let me know.
Best Regards,
Anna Wang