PaExec v1.29 "Failed to impersonate []"

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Under PaExec v1.129, When running: paexec -i -d -s c:windowsregedit.exe I got this error "Failed to impersonate [] - continuing anyway. The handle is invalid. [Err=0x6, 6] Starting PAExec service on {local server}...

In this case Regedit is started anyway, but error is annoying. Tested under win7 and win10 with same results. PsExec runs ok.

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Thank you for your feedback. We looked at it and are pretty sure we found the cause of this false error. We've released v1.31 with the fix for this.

I saw your other message about the main download link still referring to 1.29 - thanks for the heads up - that is fixed now as well. Also noted it doesn't work on XP/2003 any more (it is being compiled with a newer compiler which doesn't support XP/2003).

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