Only system applications can be executed after deployment
This article applies to:
- Acronis Snap Deploy 4
Symptoms
- You create a deployment template and specify an EXE file to transfer to the target machines and select the option to run the file on target machines:
OR
You specify a non-system application to run after deployment:
- You perform the deployment using this template;
- After deployment, the file is transferred to the deployed machines, but it is not executed.
Cause
Option Application to run only works for system tools that are located in Windows\System32\ folder, e.g. cmd.exe, notepad.exe, wscript.exe
Solution
You can run EXE applications using Windows Command line. In Application to run section, specify the following parameters:
- Application: \Windows\system32\cmd.exe
- Parameters: /c start <path>\<name>.exe
Example: /c start C:\tools\utilities.exe
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