PSExec with Windows 2008 Server and Mapped Drives

[IrishQA]

I am running a C# program on one machine that launches programs on that machine and other remote machines. I am using psexec to start up the programs on the other machines. The problem is that those programs on the other machines have to access mapped drives to get infomation on how they work. I am using the following format

 

psexec -u username -p password -i 0 -d \\remote computer - w "working directory" cmd "program name"

 

when I use

 

psexec -u username -p password -i 0 -d \\remote computer net use

 

all the remote drives are unavailable.

 

I am using the same user name and password with psexec that the drives were created under.

 

Any suggestions?

[jklight]

Don't use mapped drives.

[dwhyte85]

-e will load the user profile, this may then map the drives and be usable - worth a shot?

[IrishQA]

The problem is the program on the other machines get data from a central point which tells them to run data on one of multiple drives. There is no possibility not to use mapped drives.

[Arthur]

Any suggestions?

Would symbolic links work?

 

mklink /D "%SystemDrive%\SymLinks\PC1" "\\PC1\Share"
mklink /D "%SystemDrive%\SymLinks\PC2" "\\PC2\Share"
mklink /D "%SystemDrive%\SymLinks\PC3" "\\PC3\Share"

 

psexec -d "%SystemDrive%\SymLinks\PC1\Program1.exe"
psexec -d "%SystemDrive%\SymLinks\PC2\Program2.exe"
psexec -d "%SystemDrive%\SymLinks\PC3\Program3.exe"

[IrishQA]

The program that psexec is calling is in c drive. While it is working it gets paths where data is being sent to it, telling it to run data at certain locations on that computer's mapped drives.