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RDP kill sessions remotely (cmd)

01/12/2015
  1. Make sure you’re authenticated with remote Windows PC. A simple method is to use NET USE:
    C:> net use /user:Administrator \\REMOTEPC\C$
  2. Enter in the Administrator password when prompted and press Enter.
  3. In the Command Prompt, run the following command:
    C:> qwinsta /server:REMOTEPC
  4. A list of active and connected Remote Desktop sessions will be displayed. Find the ‘hanging’ connection and its “ID”.
  5. To disconnect and reset the Remote Desktop connection(s) or session(s), use the following command:
    C:> rwinsta ID /server:REMOTEPC
    For example, if you want to reset the session of “accounting_user1” with a session ID of “35” on the “MYDC” server, you would use the following command:
    C:> rwinsta 35 /server:MYDC
  6. With the RDP session ended, you can now connect to the open slot.

qwinsta is short for “Query Window Station”, and rwinsta is short for “Reset Window Station”.

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