MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

orip — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:04:17 GMT

Still don't get why password pasting is disabled - makes it hell to use complex passwords and a password manager.

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

Gary Kirk — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:47:21 GMT

The Remote Desktops mmc plug in no longer works correctly due to this change. Is there an updated version?....

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

George Egonut — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:33:47 GMT

By the way, we're going to rename /migrate to /move. Don't worry, it will do the exact same thing, except the name of the command you've been using for years is different, and in mixed environments you get to troubleshoot problems related to accidentally using /migrate, which will be made more difficult since /migrate won't throw a flag when it doesn't work. Also, don't forget to change your scripts!

Can someone give me a better reason for the change? Anyone?

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

Jonathan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:15:01 GMT

I had been completely lost as to the reason why I could no longer connect to session 0. Thanks for this, you have made my day.

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

CC Hameed — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:05:31 GMT

Brent -

Beginning with Windows Vista, Session 0 is non-interactive. If you refer to the post that we wrote earlier on Session 0 Isolation, we cover that. The ability to log on to an administrative session via RDP still exists - you now use the /admin switch, and not the /console switch when making your RDP connection.

- CC

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

Brent_Morris_NC — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:30:24 GMT

I need access to Session 0 - how are you addressing to breaking the ADMIN requierment?

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

Bob B — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:00:49 GMT

Ditto the comments made by "Ben" on 5/13/08 and "Interested Bystander" on 01/15/09. My site also had production problems related to running two copies of an application because some of us (who had been upgraded to XP SP3) were still using the /console switch.

Changing the name of the switch would not be so bad if MicroSoft had not been so SLOPPY and just taken the time to properly QA their software. Since /console is not supported, that switch should generate an error message and not connect at all, instead of letting you proceed thinking things are working as expected.

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

Kristal Lindstrom — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:27:55 GMT

Hey CC - It's Kristal. We are trying to find out if there is any way to use tsmmc.msc to connect remotely with consoles now with RDP 6.1 in place. There is no /admin capability that we know of using the mmc.

Any help?

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

CC Hameed — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:09:43 GMT

Matt -

There's a link in the first paragraph of this post to a previous post we published that discusses Session 0 Isolation. There is a link at the end of this post to a post on the Terminal Services Team blog (Product Group) that discusses Console v Administrative sessions.

- CC

re: MSTSC.EXE - no more /console switch in RDC 6.1

Matt P — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:48:01 GMT

What was the point?

I'm really curious why this had to change, please explain. The article mentions 'console session' and 'administrative session' and 'session 0' without any further attempt at explaining the difference and when to expected one or the other.

Matt