Standard Terminal Server Commands

A summary of the bulti-in Terminal Services commands, drawn from a Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Terminal Server in Application Mode.

chglogon, change logon

Enable or disable session logins.

CHANGE LOGON {/QUERY | /ENABLE | /DISABLE}

/QUERY Query current session login mode.
/ENABLE Enable user login from sessions.
/DISABLE Disable user login from sessions.

Unlike the other change commands, when the /QUERY switch is used chglogon returns output on standard error.  If capturing output in a batch file, make sure you capture stderr or simply run it with 2>CON appended to redirect error to stdout.

chgport, change port

List or change COM port mappings for DOS application compatibility.

CHANGE PORT [portx=porty | /D portx | /QUERY]

portx=porty Map port x to port y.
/D portx Delete mapping for port x.
/QUERY Display current mapping ports.

chgusr, change user

Change Install Mode.

CHANGE USER {/EXECUTE | /INSTALL | /QUERY}

/EXECUTE Enable execute mode (default).
/INSTALL Enable install mode.
/QUERY Display current settings.

flattemp

Enable or disable flat temporary directories.

FLATTEMP [/QUERY | /ENABLE | /DISABLE]

/QUERY Query current setting.
/ENABLE Enable flat temporary directories.
/DISABLE Disable flat temporary directories.

logoff

Terminates a session.

LOGOFF [sessionname | sessionid] [/SERVER:servername] [/V]

sessionname The name of the session.
sessionid The ID of the session.
/SERVER:servername Specifies the Terminal server containing the user
session to log off (default is current).
/V Displays information about the actions performed.

qappsrv, query termserver

Displays the available application terminal servers on the network.

QUERY TERMSERVER [servername] [/DOMAIN:domain] [/ADDRESS] [/CONTINUE]

servername Identifies a Terminal server.
/DOMAIN:domain Displays information for the specified domain (defaults
to the current domain).
/ADDRESS Displays network and node addresses.
/CONTINUE Does not pause after each screen of information.

qprocess, query process

Displays information about processes.

QUERY PROCESS [* | processid | username | sessionname | /ID:nn | programname]
[/SERVER:servername] [/SYSTEM]

* Display all visible processes.
processid Display process specified by processid.
username Display all processes belonging to username.
sessionname Display all processes running at sessionname.
/ID:nn Display all processes running at session nn.
programname Display all processes associated with programname.
/SERVER:servername The Terminal server to be queried.
/SYSTEM Displays process information for system processes

quser, query user

Display information about users logged on to the system.

QUERY USER [username | sessionname | sessionid] [/SERVER:servername]

username Identifies the username.
sessionname Identifies the session named sessionname.
sessionid Identifies the session with ID sessionid.
/SERVER:servername The server to be queried (default is current).

qwinsta, query session

Display information about Terminal Sessions.

QUERY SESSION [sessionname | username | sessionid]
[/SERVER:servername] [/MODE] [/FLOW] [/CONNECT] [/COUNTER]

sessionname Identifies the session named sessionname.
username Identifies the session with user username.
sessionid Identifies the session with ID sessionid.
/SERVER:servername The server to be queried (default is current).
/MODE Display current line settings.
/FLOW Display current flow control settings.
/CONNECT Display current connect settings.
/COUNTER Display current Terminal Services counters information.

rwinsta, reset session

RESET { SESSION }
Reset the session subsytem hardware and software to known initial values.

RESET SESSION {sessionname | sessionid} [/SERVER:servername] [/V]

sessionname Identifies the session with name sessionname.
sessionid Identifies the session with ID sessionid.
/SERVER:servername The server containing the session (default is current).
/V Display additional information.

shadow

Monitor another Terminal Services session.

SHADOW {sessionname | sessionid} [/SERVER:servername] [/V]

sessionname Identifies the session with name sessionname.
sessionid Identifies the session with ID sessionid.
/SERVER:servername The server containing the session (default is current).
/V Display information about actions being performed.

Attaches a user session to a terminal session.

tscon

TSCON [sessionid | sessionname] [/SERVER:servername] [/DEST:sessionname]
[/PASSWORD:pw] [/V]

sessionid The ID of the session.
sessionname The name of the session.
/SERVER:servername The name of the Terminal server to connect to (default is current).
/DEST:sessionname Connect the session to destination sessionname.
/PASSWORD:pw Password of user owning identified session.
/V Displays information about the actions performed.

Disconnects a terminal session.

tsdiscon

TSDISCON [sessionid | sessionname] [/SERVER:servername] [/V]

sessionid The ID of the session.
sessionname The name of the session.
/SERVER:servername Specifies the Terminal server (default is current).
/V Displays information about the actions performed.

tskill

Ends a process.

TSKILL processid | processname [/SERVER:servername] [/ID:sessionid | /A] [/V]

processid Process ID for the process to be terminated.
processname Process name to be terminated.
/SERVER:servername Server containing processID (default is current).
/ID or /A must be specified when using processname
and /SERVER
/ID:sessionid End process running under the specified session.
/A End process running under ALL sessions.
/V Display information about actions being performed.

tsprof

TSPROF /UPDATE [/DOMAIN:domainname|/LOCAL] /PROFILE:<path> username
TSPROF /COPY [/DOMAIN:domainname|/LOCAL] [/PROFILE:<path>] src_usr dest_usr
TSPROF /Q [/DOMAIN:domainname|/LOCAL] username

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