Reconnect option on RDP and custom icons question

Reconnect option on RDP and custom icons question

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Hi,

I'm trying to find out the "reconnect" option of the RDP entry but i cannot find it anywhere. Coming from version 6 where you just right-click the entry and select reconnect which is very useful for lock out time sessions. Is there one available by a hotkey or something ?

I'm using version 10.0.4.0 because is the last one that has the add custom icon on folders and connections through the change icon on the properties of the entry and not using the "themes" directory that i cannot comprehend how it is working and it is not an easy and flexible solution. Would like an input on that.

Thank you

Regards,

Vassilis

RDM for Windows 11

Purchased Enterprise Edition v2026.x

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Hi,

In the latest version the Reconnect is directly in the context menu. About the custom icons there is nothing we can do. The only solution is to use the custom theme:

https://blog.devolutions.net/2015/04/introducing-theme-support-for-remote-desktop-manager.html

We have to use our own icons to be compatible with all the different platform like Macos, IOS and Android.

Regards

David Hervieux

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Hi David thanks for the reply.

Too bad that the reconnect option is not available not even with a hotkey.

About the custom icons unfortunately is something that i like and want on my installation so i cannot go past the 10.0.4 version :(

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Purchased Enterprise Edition v2026.x

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I'm running 12.0.8, and I can change my icons to anything I want? I'm not sure what the limitation here is supposed to be? (Unless that is in the 12.4.x beta's?)

And for reconnect, you can just right click on the entry in the tree, or in the tab to select Reconnect. I'm not sure why you aren't seeing the entry?

David F.

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Hi David,

I think Vassilis want to use the legacy icons and not have to change the default icons to a custom value

Regards

David Hervieux

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I'm running 12.0.8, and I can change my icons to anything I want? I'm not sure what the limitation here is supposed to be? (Unless that is in the 12.4.x beta's?)

And for reconnect, you can just right click on the entry in the tree, or in the tab to select Reconnect. I'm not sure why you aren't seeing the entry?

David F.

I'm Confused.

According to devolution, the add a custom icon to a folder or an entry is diminished https://blog.devolutions.net/2015/04/introducing-theme-support-for-remote-desktop-manager.html to the new theme support.

David Figueroa, are you talking about this ? you can change the icons using the "..." dotted lines ? and then the "select image from disk"

And add custom icons to all entries easily ?

as the reconnect, this option doesn't exists in the 10.0.4 version

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Purchased Enterprise Edition v2026.x

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You can still change any entry to a custom icon but it's not recommended to do it for all the entries. It's for performance reason because the custom icon loading could slow down the application refresh.

Regards

David Hervieux

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Well David i don't see it.

I'm using also keepass which has a similar aspect in terms of custom icons with many entries.

I have also many custom icons in the 10.0.4 version with no issue and i was very surprised when you choose to change the feature with the very confusing "theme" support. We are talking about 20x20 icons with a few bytes of data

Its the only reason i'm still using the old version.

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Purchased Enterprise Edition v2026.x

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Hi,

You need to click on the image directly:

and use this link button

Regards

David Hervieux

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Well David, just upgraded from 10.0.4 to 12.0.8 just to check it and it is as i remember it. No option on "Load from disk"

what am i doing wrong ?

and i also don't see the reconnect option

what is going on ?

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Purchased Enterprise Edition v2026.x