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Terminal Server Commands

The following page is a list of several commands available on Terminal Server workstations and servers.
These commands can be used in batch files or other scripting languages.
The syntaxes listed are for Windows 2000 Advanced Server (SP3).
From a reliable source I know they are identical in NT 4, XP and 2003.
In early beta versions of Longhorn, though, CHGLOGON /QUERY currently directs its output to standard error instead of standard output. This may still change in a following version.

 

 

ACINIUPD

ACINIUPD: utility to update the INI file (Application Compatibility INI Update).

ACINIUPD [ /e | /k ] [ /u ] [ /v ] ini_file section key new_value
ini_file The INI file to be updated
section Specified the [section] within the INI file
key Specifies the key to be added or updated
new_value Specifies the new value to be assigned to key
/e Update the value for the key in the section specified
/k Update the key name with the new key name in the section specified
/u Update INI file in user's windows directory (or any other directory) instead of system directory
/v Verbose mode

 

CHANGE

CHANGE { LOGON | PORT | USER }
CHANGE LOGON Starts CHGLOGON
CHANGE PORT Starts CHGPORT
CHANGE USER Starts CHGUSR

 

CHGLOGON

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

 

CHGPORT

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 Install Mode

CHANGE USER { /EXECUTE | /INSTALL | /QUERY }
/EXECUTE Enable execute mode (default)
/INSTALL Enable install mode
/QUERY Display current settings

 

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

 

MSG

Sends a message to the specified user(s)

MSG { username | sessionname | sessionid | @filename | * } [ /SERVER:servername ] [ /TIME:seconds ] [ /V ] [ /W ] message
username The user to receive the message
sessionname The name of the session
sessionid The ID of the session
@filename A file with users, session names and session IDs to receive the message
* Sends the message to all users on the system
/SERVER:servername Specifies the Terminal server containing the user session to log off (default is current)
/TIME:seconds Specifies time to wait for a confirmation for the user who received the message
/V Displays information about the actions performed
/W Wait for response from users
message Specifies the text to send.
If no message is entered it will send STDIN.
To send a text within a file, type "<" and then the file name.

 

QUERY

QUERY { FARM | PROCESS | SERVER | SESSION | TERMSERVER | USER }
QUERY FARM Starts QFARM
QUERY PROCESS Starts QPROCESS
QUERY SERVER Starts QSERVER
QUERY SESSION Starts QWINSTA
QUERY TERMSERVER Starts QAPPSRV
QUERY USER Starts QUSER

 

QAPPSRV

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

 

QFARM

Display information about servers on the local farm

QUERY FARM [ servername [ /ADDR | /APP | /APP appname ] ] [ /TCP ] [ /IPX ] [ /NETBIOS ] [ /CONTINUE ] [ /APP | /APP appname | /DISC | /LOAD | /OFFLINE | /OFFLINE zonename | /ONLINE | /ONLINE zonename | /PROCESS | /ZONE | /ZONE zonename ]
servername Identifies a Terminal server
/TCP Display TCP/IP data
/IPX Display IPX data
/NETBIOS Display NETBIOS data
/ADDR Display address data on selected server
/APP Display application names and server load
/DISC Display disconnected session data
/LOAD Display server load
/OFFLINE Display offline servers
/ONLINE Display online servers
/PROCESS Display active processes
/ZONE Display zones and data collectors
/CONTINUE Does not pause after each screen of information

 

QPROCESS

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

 

QSERVER

Display information about available ICA-enabled servers on the network

QUERY SERVER [ server [ /PING [ /COUNT:n ] [ /SIZE:n ] | /STATS | /RESET | /LOAD | /ADDR ] ] [ /TCP ]  [ /IPX ] [ /NETBIOS ]  [ /TCPSERVER:x ] [ /IPXSERVER:x ] [ /NETBIOSSERVER:x ] [ /LICENSE | /APP | /GATEWAY | /SERIAL | /DISC | /SERVERFARM | /VIDEO ] [ /CONTINUE ]
server Identifies a Terminal server
/TCP Display TCP/IP data
/IPX Display IPX data
/NETBIOS Display NETBIOS data
/TCPSERVER:x TCP/IP default server address
/IPXSERVER:x IPX default server address
/NETBIOSSERVER:x NetBIOS default server address
/LICENSE Display user licenses
/APP Display application names and server load
/DISC Display disconnected session data
/LOAD Display load data on selected server
/GATEWAY Display configured gateway addresses
/SERIAL Display license serial numbers
/SERVERFARM Display server farm names and server load
/PING Ping selected server
/COUNT:n Number of times to ping (default 5)
/SIZE:n Size of ping buffers (default 256 bytes)
/STATS Display browser statistics on selected server
/RESET Reset browser statistics on selected server
/ADDR Display address data on selected server
/VIDEO Display VideoFrame data
/IGNORE Ignore warning message about interoperability mode
/CONTINUE Does not pause after each screen of information

 

QUSER

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

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

 

RESET SESSION

Reset the session subsytem hardware and software to known initial values

RESET SESSION { sessionname | sessionid } [ /SERVER:servername ] [ /V ]
sessionid The ID of the session
sessionname The name of the session
/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 ]
sessionid The ID of the session
sessionname The name of the session
/SERVER:servername The server containing the session (default is current)
/V Display additional information

 

TSCON

Attaches a user session to a terminal session

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

 

TSDISCON

Disconnects a terminal session

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

Copies or updates the terminal server user configuration information

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
/UPDATE Updates the profile path information for username
/COPY Copies the user configuration information from src_usr to dest_usr
/Q Shows the current profile path for username
/DOMAIN:domainname Specifies the domain to work in
/LOCAL Works on the local computer
/PROFILE:<path> Specifies the profile path to use
username Specifies the user to work on
src_usr Specifies the user to copy the configuration information from
dest_usr Specifies the user to copy the configuration information to

 

TSSHUTDN

Shut down a server in a controlled manner

TSSHUTDN [ wait_time ] [ /SERVER:servername ] [ /REBOOT | /POWERDOWN ] [ /DELAY:logoffdelay ] [ /V ]
wait_time Seconds to wait after user notification before terminating all user sessions (default is 60)
/SERVER:servername The server to shut down (default is current)
/REBOOT Reboot the server after user sessions are terminated
/POWERDOWN The server will prepare for powering off
/DELAY:logoffdelay Seconds to wait after logging off all connected sessions (default is 30)
/V Display information about actions being performed

 

TSCMD

A free "third party" command-line utility by SystemTools.com to set terminal server user settings.
All eighteen (18) terminal server settings can be set.

TSCMD server user setting [ new_value ]
server Domain controller of the Terminal Servers' domain
user The user account to be queried or modified
setting One of the following properties: InitialProgram
WorkingDirectory
InheritInitialProgram
AllowLogonTerminalServer
TimeoutConnection
TimeoutDisconnect
TimeoutIdle
DeviceClientDrives
DeviceClientPrinters
DeviceClientDefaultPrinter
BrokenTimeoutSettings
ReconnectSettings
ModemCallbackSettings
ModemCallbackPhoneNumber
ShadowingSettings
TerminalServerProfilePath
TerminalServerHomeDir
TerminalServerHomeDirDrive
new_value Optional new value for the specified setting (property).
If left out the current value of setting will be displayed.
Check TSCMD's readme for details on valid new values.

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