/Console or -admin switch not working
Recently I had to add a new activeX to my windows XP box for access to a clients machine. Unfortunately I can not disable this activeX as I still have to have access to their machine. That being said here is what I am discovering. Ever since I installed the activeX the /console or -admin switch no longer works within the remote desktop manager. Everyone of the client machines that I have setup is connecting as a non-console session only. The other unfortunate part is that I can not remember the name of the activeX to list it here. I have updated WinXP to service pack 3 but that has not helped. Any idea as to what I can do to make the console/admin switch work again? Oh yes it does work outside of the remote desktop manager.
All Comments (9)
Hi,
If you open your connection in RDM External mode, does it works ? What version of RDM do you use ?
David Hervieux
Not sure how to run it in External mode but I do have the most recent version. 5.7.2.2 with .Net v2.0.50727.
Hi,
See the printscreen for the external connection.
Let me know
David Hervieux
External.png
Unfortunately that is what it is running in so I can still only get in with a non-console session.
Hi,
Can you try to run mstsc.exe in command line with /admin to see if it works ? Because in External mode, this is exactly what RDM does.
David Hervieux
I can run it from rdp using the -admin switch and connect that way without a problem.
Can you send me a printscreen of your session configuration (you can remove the server name) at support@devolutions.net
David Hervieux
Did you get this issue resolved?
Simon Watz
Senior Support Engineer | Strategic Group
Graduate Certificate in Networking & Systems Administration,
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
Hi,
Yes it was, if I remember correctly the problem was with an advanced option in RDM: Force RDP 6
David Hervieux