🪟 Installation for Windows

Using Python and pipx

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If Python is available it is recommended to install NetExec with pipx
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For Windows, git and Rust are required for installation. If you can't install either of these, see below for a standalone executable.
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Set up git, Rust and C++:\
https://git-scm.com/download/win\
https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install\
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/de/visual-cpp-build-tools/

Install pipx and NetExec directly from the repository:

pip install pipx
python -m pipx ensurepath
python -m pipx install git+https://github.com/Pennyw0rth/NetExec

Restart your command line and you should be able to execute NetExec:

NetExec

Using NetExec Binary

1. Download the latest Windows binary on the release page (netexec-windows-latest)
2. Unzip the folder
3. Run the binary from the command line

From Python ZippApp

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Not all functionalities have been tested
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1. You can also use the standalone version of Python, then add the path of the folder containing the python.exe file to the PATH env variable of your user.
2. Download the ZippApp for your specific OS & Python version here
3. Then just run the binary python.exe .\nxc

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If you got this error

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\Users\Admin.shiv\nxc_51b7721208fc3d0af7e301aa9a56e1da0a38e9ec5bc08bfe8cc9ba14853ac5d1.tmp\site-packages\nxc\data\powersploit\CodeExecution\Invoke-ReflectivePEInjection_Resources\DemoDLL_RemoteProcess\DemoDLL_RemoteProcess\DemoDLL_RemoteProcess.vcxproj.filters

Add the following registry key:

REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" /v LongPathsEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f