Check if a remote desktop connection is active in Windows 7

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query session /SERVER:servername

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Updated on June 04, 2022

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  • Mike
    Mike almost 2 years

    As part of a business solution we are offering several remote desktops to a user base. Currently the users must go system by system attempting to connect and find one that is not already being used. I'd like to see if there is a command that can be run to quickly query an IP and see if there is an active remote connection already.

    I've run across a 'wmic' solution already, but this only seems to work if the person running the command has admin access on the destination machine. I don't need a username returned or any information other than if there is a currently in-use remote connection.

    Any idea's?

    Researched solutions that didn't pan out listed below:

    wmic /node:IP ComputerSystem GET UserName ---Returns only if requestor is an admin

    qwinsta /server:IP ---RPC is not enabled on all machienes

    eventvwr IP ---Too technical and time consuming for end users

    Thanks in advance