You can install an agent with the User Mode option to allow a user to interact with applications launched by a project.
User mode is an option offered during the Windows® agent install. User mode makes agent activity visible on the server, but makes the server dependent on a user login.
You can use this feature to collect input manually during a project, through a GUI application, but this makes your project dependent on human input. You can also use this mode as a troubleshooting tool, since output that is hidden during service mode operation is visible in user mode. Each step produces console window in user mode while the step is running.
To set a machine to user mode, install or reinstall the Windows agent, and select the user mode option.
Keep in mind the following differences when setting up projects to use a machine in user mode:
The user mode agent operates as the currently-logged-in user on the system. The agent is only active during the time that this user is logged into the machine; the server can't be used by the system if the user is logged out.
Steps run on a machine in user mode are visible to any users of the machine.
A console window appears, displaying command activity from the Management Console.
Each step starts its own command console, which is visible on the machine.
If you launch a GUI application from a step, the application window appears on the Windows machine, and the Management Console waits until the application is closed before continuing the step. (Use the start command if you want the job to continue without waiting.)
Do not use the _USE_BFCREDS variable; any steps that use this variable will fail.