However, Ben said that didn't work for him and when I tried it on Windows Server it did create the cmd. I don't think there is an easy way to do what you ask, but I'm wondering why you're doing it at all? Are you just trying to see what is happening when you run your service? Seems like you could just use logging to determine what is happening instead of having to run the exe as local system Then run osk onscreenkeyboard. Start any file as Administrator.
After that, you can start Explorer from the system command shell and use the System profile, but you are somewhat limited what you can do on the network through SYSTEM privileges for security reasons.
I will add more explanation later as I discovered it a year ago. Running Cmd. There are even more ways to get local system access with CMD. There is another way. There is a program called PowerRun which allows for elevated cmd to be run. Even with TrustedInstaller rights. It allows for both console and GUI commands. I can't comment yet, so posting here I just tried the above OSK.
It is really weird because other things do not trigger this. Using task scheduler does create a SYSTEM CMD but it is in the system environment and not displayed within a human user profile so this is also now defunct though it is logical.
So, at this point it has to be third party software that mediates this and further tricks are being more actively sealed by Microsoft these days. How are we doing? Please help us improve Stack Overflow. Take our short survey. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. How do you run CMD. Ask Question. Asked 13 years, 4 months ago. Active 11 months ago. Viewed k times. Thus far, each of my attempts have ended in failure.
Any suggestions? Improve this question. Jon Seigel Ben Griswold Ben Griswold Do any of the answers to this question work for Windows 10? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Agents in this mode will accept only one job and then spin down gracefully useful for running in Docker on a service like Azure Container Instances. If you configured the agent to run as a service, it starts automatically.
You can view and control the agent running status from the services snap-in. Run services. If you need to change the agent's logon account, don't do it from the Services snap-in. Instead, see the information below to re-configure the agent. To use your agent, run a job using the agent's pool. If you didn't choose a different pool, your agent will be in the Default pool.
When you configure an agent using the same name as an agent that already exists, you're asked if you want to replace the existing agent. If you answer Y , then make sure you remove the agent see below that you're replacing. Otherwise, after a few minutes of conflicts, one of the agents will shut down. After you've removed the agent, you can configure it again.
The agent can be set up from a script with no human intervention. You must pass --unattended and the answers to all questions. To configure an agent, it must know the URL to your organization or collection and credentials of someone authorized to set up agents. All other responses are optional. If you're having trouble with your self-hosted agent, you can try running diagnostics.
After configuring the agent:. This will run through a diagnostic suite that may help you troubleshoot the problem. The diagnostics feature is available starting with agent version 2. Your agent's capabilities are cataloged and advertised in the pool so that only the builds and releases it can handle are assigned to it.
See Build and release agent capabilities. In many cases, after you deploy an agent, you'll need to install software or utilities. Generally you should install on your agents whatever software and tools you use on your development machine.
For example, if your build includes the npm task , then the build won't run unless there's a build agent in the pool that has npm installed. Capabilities include all environment variables and the values that are set when the agent runs.
If any of these values change while the agent is running, the agent must be restarted to pick up the new values. After you install new software on an agent, you must restart the agent for the new capability to show up in the pool, so that the build can run.
Microsoft-hosted agents don't display system capabilities. For a list of software installed on Microsoft-hosted agents, see Use a Microsoft-hosted agent. From the Agent pools tab, select the desired agent, and choose the Capabilities tab. Look for the Agent. Version capability. You can check this value against the latest published agent version.
See Azure Pipelines Agent and check the page for the highest version number listed. Each agent automatically updates itself when it runs a task that requires a newer version of the agent. If you want to manually update some agents, right-click the pool, and select Update all agents. Beginning with Azure DevOps Server , you can configure your server to look for the agent package files on a local disk.
This configuration will override the default version that came with the server at the time of its release. This scenario also applies when the server doesn't have access to the internet.
From a computer with Internet access, download the latest version of the agent package files in. You're all set! Your Azure DevOps Server will now use the local files whenever the agents are updated.
But if you want to manually update some agents, right-click the pool, and then choose Update all agents. If you're running an agent in a secure network behind a firewall, make sure the agent can initiate communication with the following URLs and IP addresses. To ensure your organization works with any existing firewall or IP restrictions, ensure that dev. If you're currently allow-listing the For more information about allowed addresses, see Allowed address lists and network connections.
Run the agent with self-signed certificate. Run the agent behind a web proxy. If you are running the agent interactively, see the restart instructions in Run interactively. If you are running the agent as a service, restart the agent by following the steps in Run as a service. Create a. If you want the agent to bypass your proxy and connect to Azure Pipelines directly, then you should configure your web proxy to enable the agent to access the following URLs.
This procedure enables the agent to bypass a web proxy. Your build pipeline and scripts must still handle bypassing your web proxy for each task and tool you run in your build.
For example, if you are using a NuGet task, you must configure your web proxy to support bypassing the URL for the server that hosts the NuGet feed you're using. Web site settings and security. Some of these features are available only on Azure Pipelines and not yet available on-premises. In this command, the service name is cmdsvc. If you are running Windows 7, this will cause an icon to appear on your taskbar demanding your attention. If you click on it, this window appears:.
Once again, verify your status with the whoami command and see that you are once again wielding the awesome power of the SYSTEM account. If you leave this window up for several minutes, you will end up getting logged off. To prevent this, do what you need to do in this window and then exit to get back to your familiar desktop. If you are running an OS higher than Windows 7 for example, Windows 10, which is the subject of this blog , you will NOT see the above message, rather you will see an error message.
To complete this same process in that situation involves a registry modification. Proceed with caution if you are not one to regularly change the registry as system damage can occur. Otherwise, take a deep breath and perform the following.
Type regedit or regedt32 to get to the registry. Then navigate to this location:. Now you can return to the command above with which you created your sample service and start it, because now it will work. Now that the Interactive Detection Service is running, the behavior will match the behavior I described above for Windows 7.
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