RDP Modifications to make your life easier

Posted by kyle on November 16th, 2006 filed in Vista Tips 'n Tricks

Thanks to Wayne McGlinn for providing these!

If you want to make RDP do some funky stuff then create a RDP connection (Open up Remote Desktop Client, name the server, adjust the settings, etc then save the configuration as an RDP file).

Once you have this – you can open the RDP file up in your favourite editor – (I like Notepad but you choose your own!).

You can now add some settings by adding the following:

smart sizing:i:1

connect to console:i:1

So what does this do? The first one means that the RDP window scales to the size of the RDP window. The second? – Well it means that the RDP session connects to the console of the target machine.

Good news is.. this works in RDP 6.0 and RDP 5.0 so will work across Windows XP, 2003 ad Vista.

Cheers

Kyle 


7 Responses to “RDP Modifications to make your life easier”

  1. Rob Wilde Says:
    November 16th, 2006 at 3:22 pm

    Thats very COOL!
    Few questions
    Is there a definition list for the other existing settings and are there any more settings that can be used.

  2. kyle Says:
    November 17th, 2006 at 8:36 am

    Hi Rob
    Since talking with Wayne about it I have found a large list of the available configurations.

    http://www.coe.uncc.edu/mosaic/remote_desk/RDP%20File%20Settings.htm

    Cheers
    Kyle

  3. Chris King Says:
    January 24th, 2007 at 9:48 am

    I would love to see the list for RDP 6.0

  4. Kevin Says:
    January 30th, 2007 at 7:43 pm

    Has anyone found a way of setting RDP 6.0 to behave in the same way as previous versions at logon?

    I’m constantly connnecting to machines on foreign networks and its guesses are invariably wrong so that I need double check the username before I connect to something.

  5. Effing the Ineffable » Microsoft Remote Desktop - Display Scaling Says:
    April 15th, 2007 at 8:59 am

    [...] had implemented display scaling into the remote desktop client – as a hidden feature! I found a blog post detailing a setting that allows the desktop to be scaled down to fit. And it’s really easy to [...]

  6. Alvite Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 2:28 am

    …a way of setting RDP 6.0 to behave in the same way as previous versions at logon? Perhaps,

    enablecredsspsupport:i:0

    Thanks

  7. alex Says:
    December 9th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    save to my Bookmarks ;)

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