PSEXEC Error : No process is on the other end of the pipe

Question

I want to execute a bat file in a remote machine and i tried WMI and PSEXEC. I am getting "No process is on the other end of the pipe." error when i try to run the below psexec command.

C:\Users>psexec \\111.111.111.111 -u "sss\user1" -p "ss-12" "\\111.111.111.111\d$\r.bat"

Below is the entire output:

PsExec v2.11 - Execute processes remotely
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Connecting to 111.111.111.111...
Starting PSEXESVC service on 111.111.111.111...
Connecting with PsExec service on 111.111.111.111...

Error reading public key length from PsExec services:
No process is on the other end of the pipe.

However, the below WMI command is working fine. Please help.

wmic /USER:"sss\user1" /PASSWORD:"ss-12" /NODE:111.111.111.111 process call create "D:\r.bat"

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '20 at 20:21

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Try stopping the PSEXESVC service.

pskill \\HOSTNAME PSEXESVC

In your case you would run:

pskill \\111.111.111.111 -u "sss\user1" -p "ss-12" PSEXESVC

answered Jun 24 '20 at 20:21

Richard Weddigen

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '19 at 19:41

Got the same issue.

I have found 2 workarounds, which are both not acceptable if you are running your remote machines/servers in production.

First workaround: reboot the machine. It solved the problem 80% of the time.

Second workaround, in powershell run:

    sc.exe stop PSEXESVC
    Remove-Item –path 'C:\Windows\PSEXESVC.exe'
    Remove-Item -Path hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PSEXESVC -Confirm:$false

Then reboot.

After I run some more PSEXEC commands, the problem appears again. Will update if I find a solution.

PSEXEC Error : No process is on the other end of the pipe

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