How to run executable on Windows guest in foreground

[Entretoize]

Hello, I'm trying to run a program (exe) on a Windows guest with that command :

qm guest exec 100 "C:/Windows/System32/notepad.exe"

But in only run in the background (I see it in task manager but not on screen).
I tried to log on the service as the user, I tried by checking "Allow service to interact with desktop" but that doesn't work.

Thanks

 

[wolfgang]

Hi,

this is Windows related and has nothing to do with Proxmox VE.
I would ask in a Windows Forum.

 

[Entretoize]

Really ? I run this command in proxmox, not in windows...

 

[wolfgang]

It is executed in Windows and Proxmox VE has nothing to do with the Windows program fork behavior.
That would be the same if you ask a Windows user about command what you run in putty.

 

[Entretoize]

qm exec doesn't launch directly the program wanted, it uses qemu-ga that is proxmox related, no ?

 

[wolfgang]

Yes, that is true but in the end, it passes the command to Windows cmd as the user what qemu-guest-agent run.
And Windows does what Windows does.
I guess you need extra args for bringing this foreground.

 

[Entretoize]

It's why I ask here, the example I give is about notepad.exe which doesn't need any argument.
That means the problem is qemu guest agent, who created this program ?

 

[dcsapak]

who created this program ?

this comes from upstream qemu

the problem here is that the qemu-ga runs as a service in windows and not in the context of any current user (how should it find on which login session it should start ? e.g. with remote desktop sessions etc.)
you will have to look for the (windows specific) solution somewhere people know how to do this on windows

 

[Entretoize]

You can start a service as a user, this is what I tried, but yes this is windows related.
Thanks

 

[0bsidian]

Reviving this old thread as I'm struggling to come any close to a solution and have the same problem, that is discussed but not resolved above. Need to use "qm guest exec" command to start a program in the foreground on a logged in user in windows 10 VM. Any help appreciated?

 

[UdoB]

Reviving this old thread as I'm struggling to come any close to a solution and have the same problem, that is discussed but not resolved above. Need to use "qm guest exec" command to start a program in the foreground on a logged in user in windows 10 VM. Any help appreciated?

Instead of starting notepad.exe directly it might help to use the "start" helper. Please run start /? at a command prompt to see the available options.

Best regards

 

[chrcoluk]

use 'runas'