Q. When launching an executable or command from a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) task sequence, I don't see any output on the screen. What's wrong?

A. The lack of output is by design. You don't see the output from any commands or applications that are called from a task sequence. Any results are logged to the task sequence log file, but you don't actually see the output. Make sure you don't call applications or scripts that require user input or need to be closed, because if you do, your task sequence will hang.

You can add "cmd /c" in front of a command to force the system to display a command window.

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