Article ID: 243202
Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
This article was previously published under Q243202
SUMMARY
You can use a variety of command-line tools in Windows 2000 Terminal Services to manage a server running Terminal Services. This article briefly describes the Tscon.exe, Tsdiscon.exe, Tsshutdn.exe, Tskill.exe, and Rwinsta.exe tools, and the purpose they serve in administering a computer running Windows 2000 Terminal Server.
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Tscon.exe
Tscon.exe attaches a user session to a previously connected Terminal Server session.
Syntax for Tscon.exe:
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.
Example: tscon 3 /server:cprsrv02 /dest:rdp-tcp#3 /password:* /v
Tsdiscon.exe
Tsdiscon.exe disconnects an active Terminal Server session.
Syntax for Tsdiscon.exe:
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.
Example: tsdiscon 3 /server:cprsrv02 /v
Tsshutdn.exe
Tsshutdn.exe shuts down a Terminal Server in a controlled manner.
Syntax for Tsshutdn.exe:
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 prepares for powering off.
/DELAY:logoffdelay Seconds to wait after logging off all connected
sessions (default is 30).
/v Display information about actions being performed.
Example: tsshutdn 60 /server:cprsrv02 /reboot /delay:30 /v
Tskill.exe
Tskill.exe ends an active process and/or processes on a selected server.
Syntax for Tskill.exe:
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.
Example: tskill 172 /server:cprsrv02 /id:3 /v
Rwinsta.exe
Rwinsta.exe resets the session subsystem hardware and software to known initial values.
Syntax for Rwinsta.exe:
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.
Example: rwinsta 3 /server:cprsrv02 /v
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