Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) to the console session

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One of the things that I’ve seen people asking is for the option to logon to a Windows PC or a Server and use the current session on that system for the same user instead of creating a new Terminal Server session.

There is way this can be done. For instance, on my PC, I simply created a shortcut for the Remote Desktop (RDP) on the “Start Menu” and renamed the shortcut to “RDP Console”. This is for ease of use. One shortcut for my normal RDP sessions and one where I need to use local current session on the remote server.

All you need to do is to edit the properties of the shortcut and the -console option.

For instance, in my case, right-click and select properties and change from

“%SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe”

to

“%SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe - console”

The -console switch will simply allow you to connect to your local session on the server (remember you should login as the user who is logged on the server)

This should help. Hope you liked it!!!