This is exactly what I have tried . . . this does not work. Thus the initial post. Have tried variations as well using the shell "cmd.exe \\server\. . . ." Still same results - script will not continue and hangs. That is why I went into detail about it hanging a local client bginfo.bat batch file with the exact syntax you suggest.
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