Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Command Reference

 

Applies To: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8

The following is a list of Remote Desktop Services command-line tools.

Note

In Windows Server 2008 R2, Terminal Services was renamed Remote Desktop Services. To find out what's new in the latest version, see What’s New in Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 in the Windows Server TechNet Library.

Command	Description
Change	Changes Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server settings for logons, COM port mappings, and install mode.
Change logon	Enables or disables logons from client sessions on an RD Session Host server, or displays current logon status.
Change port	Lists or changes the COM port mappings to be compatible with MS-DOS applications.
Change user	Changes the install mode for the RD Session Host server.
Chglogon	Enables or disables logons from client sessions on an RD Session Host server, or displays current logon status.
Chgport	Lists or changes the COM port mappings to be compatible with MS-DOS applications.
Chgusr	Changes the install mode for the RD Session Host server.
Flattemp	Enables or disables flat temporary folders.
Logoff	Logs off a user from a session on an RD Session Host server and deletes the session from the server.
Msg	Sends a message to a user on an RD Session Host server.
Mstsc	Creates connections to RD Session Host servers or other remote computers.
Qappsrv	Displays a list of all RD Session Host servers on the network.
Qprocess	Displays information about processes that are running on an RD Session Host server.
Query	Displays information about processes, sessions, and RD Session Host servers.
Query process	Displays information about processes that are running on an RD Session Host server.
Query session	Displays information about sessions on an RD Session Host server.
Query termserver	Displays a list of all RD Session Host servers on the network.
Query user	Displays information about user sessions on an RD Session Host server.
Quser	Displays information about user sessions on an RD Session Host server.
Qwinsta	Displays information about sessions on an RD Session Host server.
Rdpsign	Enables you to digitally sign a Remote Desktop Protocol (.rdp) file.
Reset session	Enables you to reset (delete) a session on an RD Session Host server.
Rwinsta	Enables you to reset (delete) a session on an RD Session Host server.
Shadow	Enables you to remotely control an active session of another user on an RD Session Host server.
Tscon	Connects to another session on an RD Session Host server.
Tsdiscon	Disconnects a session from an RD Session Host server.
Tskill	Ends a process running in a session on an RD Session Host server.
Tsprof	Copies the Remote Desktop Services user configuration information from one user to another.