Scripting - How to disconnect Remote Desktop sessions?

Question

I am looking for a way to close all active Remote Desktop sessions on a computer (local computer). Windows includes a couple of commands (rwinsta, qwinsta, etc.) to look at the active sessions, but I don't see how I could easily use the information (unless I parse the string...) to close all the sessions.

Is there a way in Powershell (or C#, Batch) to close all Remote Desktop sessions on a local computer?

Thanks, Martin

Solution 1

You could try using the undocumented /sm parameter for query session (in a batch file) to sort things more easily:

FOR /f %%G IN ('query session /sm') DO tsdiscon %%G

Solution 2

Yes, using tsdiscon from a command line:

tsdiscon n

where the n should be replaced with the session id.

You can get the session number from

query session

Since you say you want to close all sessions on the local computer, I guess you will need to be careful about the order in which you do it (ie close your session last).

Solution 3

You can use the tsdiscon utility to disconnect sessions. If you use the "query sessions" command from a command-prompt, you can see the list of IDs and then issue a tsdiscon command for each one.

A looping construct like this should work

FOR /f %%G IN ('q.bat') DO tsdiscon %%G

where q.bat is

query session /sm | find "Active"

That will only disconnect remote sessions and ignore the console user.

Solution 4

You may want to check out Powershell Community Extensions. It includes Get, Stop and Disconnect TerminalSession cmdlets.

Solution 5

You can disconnect local or remote sessions with 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.

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Comments

[Kevin Kuphal]

I updated my answer to include a loop that will only disconnect active remote sessions, not the console

[Martin]

Well... that's an idea. But I don't want to kill all the sessions. Only the remote desktop sessions.

[Martin]

That's a good beginning... but I want to disconnect only Remote Desktop sessions.