Remote install vbs in Powershell

Question

i recently started to learn powershell and this is kinda my first project. I am trying to automated remote installation. I try to look for solution everywhere, but i cant find the right one. Here is the problem:

I need to instal multiple applications that have multiple version on remote computers.

I try few things but nothing worked so far :(

This one worked for me, but only if i don't use variables. If i use them PS (or i guess cscript.exe) does not recognize them.

$hostname = "yourPc"

$app= "app_0001"

$ver = "v1.0.0"

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $hostname -ScriptBlock {cscript.exe \\$hostname\directory\install.vbs /p:$app /v:$ver}

So i basically end up with \\$hostname\directory\install.vbs /p:$app /v:$ver does not exist. Is it possible to this with cscript.exe?

Thanks.

install.vbs exist sur every PC? Else put your script into a public share and use public share path for run your command — Esperento57, Nov 18 '20 at 19:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '20 at 19:47

The code in the script block win run on the remote computer, so it won't have access to your local variables.

You can either add the using: scope modifier to the variables that you want PowerShell to copy to the remote computer:

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $hostname -ScriptBlock {
  cscript.exe \\$using:hostname\directory\install.vbs /p:$using:app /v:$using:ver
}

... or you can explicitly pass values as parameter arguments to the remote scriptblock via the -ArgumentList parameter:

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $hostname -ScriptBlock {
  param($Path,$Application,$Version)

  cscript.exe \\$Path\directory\install.vbs /p:$Application /v:$Version
} -ArgumentList $hostname,$app,$ver

Exactly what i needed. Thanks a lot! :) – Tomas91 Nov 19 '20 at 10:14 — Tomas91, Nov 19 '20 at 10:14

Remote install vbs in Powershell

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