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Unable to get an exe file to run from the vmware esxi 4.1 custom specs

I have a 2008 template setup in a ESXi 4.1 enviorment to use a custom spec. In this custom spec I'm am try to run an excutable:

AexNSC.exe -s -a ns="altiris7.global.companyname.com" nsweb="https://altiris7.global.companyname.com/altiris" -nostartmenu /s

Now if I run this manual in the vm it runs fine, but I just cannot get it to be run from the custom spec. I tried putting it in a .bat file and calling that and still the CS won't run it. I have been able to run other exacutables from the CS just fine.

I think it has something to do with teh EXE using the syntaxs.

any thoughts?

bgoering

Please check (and post if you don't see anything) the customize-guest log file and see if any error is generated. By default I think this goes in the system temp folder (Usually C:\windows\temp)

Good Luck

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rdefino

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Now to run this command, do I just copy-paste in a dos prompt. I never used the power shell.

also, I still cannot locate the customization logs.

thanks

bgoering

You create it in a file with a .ps1 extension -- then from customization enter command as

c:\path\to\command.ps1

Alternatively you can run from batch file - ps1 filetype should be associated with powershell

rdefino

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Could you tell what C:\"Program Files"\test\AeXNSC.exe is doing? what is the C:\"Program Files"\test\ for?

bgoering

that would just be replaced with the path to your copy of the exe - all parameters should be replaced with what you want. Point is only the part of the path with spaces should be quoted.